Chicken Haleem by Zarnak Sidhwa

Ingredients:

• Chicken boneless 1 kg
• Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp
• Brown onion 1/2 cup
• Turmeric powder 1 tbsp
• Red chili powder 3 tbsp
• Salt 2 tbsp
• Coriander powder 1 tbsp
• All spice 1 tbsp
• Yogurt 1 cup
• Oil 1/4 cup
• Wheat 1/2 kg
• Split Bengal gram 1 cup
• Green gram 1/4 cup
• Red lentils 1/4 cup
• Pigeon peas 1/4 cup
• White lentils 1/4 cup
• Rice 1 cup

Garnish:

• Sliced ginger
• Garam masala powder
• Coriander leaves
• Chopped green chillies
• Lemon wedges

Method:

1. Soak wheat overnight.
2. Rinse thoroughly in the morning.
3. Cook this wheat with 12 cups of water so much so that it is tender and thick.
4. Cook split Bengal gram, green gram, red lentils, white lentils, black lentils and rice together until all of them are tender.
5. Blend well and keep aside.
6. Heat oil in a pan, and saute ginger garlic paste.
7. Add red chili powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder.
8. Add brown onion, yogurt and salt. Saute.
9. Add little water and boneless chicken and cook till tender.
10. When done, mash chicken very well.
11. Mix chicken mixture and blended wheat and daal mixture, cook and keep mixing haleem at the same time.
12. Heat up oil for tarka and fry sliced onion till golden brown.
13. Pour this over haleem and garnish with sliced ginger, garam masala and fresh coriander leaves and serve with lemon wedges.