Hyderabadi Haleem

Description

 * Ethnicity - South Indian
 * Type of meal - Party, Lunch, Dinner

Ingredients

 * 1 kg: Mutton-boneless, cubed
 * 1 kg: Cracked wheat-soaked in water for » one hour and drained
 * 1 ½ cup: yogurt
 * 1 tbsp: Ginger-garlic paste
 * 1 ¼ cup: Onions-chopped fine
 * 1 tsp: Green chilli paste
 * 2 tsp: green coriander paste
 * ¼ cup: lemon juice
 * 3 no: Black cardamoms-seeds only 3
 * ½ tsp: Cinnamon-broken and powdered
 * 1 tsp: chilli powder
 * 1/2cup: oil
 * 2 tsp: salt
 * Green chillies and mint leaves for garnish

Directions

 * 1) Mix together the yogurt, lemon juice, chilli and coriander paste, cardamom and cinnamon powder, chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste and salt.
 * 2) Marinate the meat in this mixture and leave 3-4 hours. Add enough water to the Wheat and cook till tender. When cool enough to handle, blend to a paste in a blender.
 * 3) Heat the oil and add the meat mixture. Turn around over high heat, till opaque.
 * 4) Add water to cover and cook, covered over low heat till tender.
 * 5) Add the Wheat paste and continue to cook another 15-20 minutes.