Harees Recipe, Harissa, Traditional Arabic Harees Recipe

Harees recipe is a traditional Arabic one pot dish made with wheat and chicken.  You can even make this amazing recipe with boneless lamb too.

A traditional Middle-Eastern dish which is made in almost all the Arab households, the Harees or harissa is made daily during Ramadan.

Whether it is for suhoor or iftar, Harees Recipe or harissa is a must have during Ramadan. With minimal spices, it is light and easy on the stomach. Harees or harissa recipe is a simple, filling and delicious dish.

For more similar recipes try the following

Hyderabadi Haleem Recipe

Pressure Cooker Haleem

Cheese Fatayer Recipe

Manakish Recipe

Here,  in Dubai, we find harees distributed by the wealthy people daily in big vessels. I had no clue prior to coming to live here as to what harees was. The closest thing that I came across to harees/harissa in India is the haleem recipe with all the indian spices and masalas.

Harees recipe is an Arab version of it without all the masalas added. You would definitely need to acquire a taste for this harees recipe if you haven’t taste before. But if you do, you won’t look back for sure.

If you happen to have Arab neighbors, you are sure to receive the Harees / harissa during Ramadan. You would find Harees / harissa recipe at all of their parties, be it on Eid or a wedding or any other special occasion. It is pretty popular Emirati dish.

Harees recipe/harissa is made with whole wheat along with lamb or chicken with few spices. The wheat grains are ideally soaked overnight or atleast 8 hours, seasoned and then simmered in water to cook and cook and cook.

Let’s start or harees or harissa recipe.

Ingredients for harees recipe, Hairssa

• 2 cups of harees /wheat grains
• 1 kg (2 lbs) of chicken, deboned
• 2 sticks of cinnamon sticks
• 1 tsp of black pepper powder
• salt to taste
• melted butter or olive oil

Method for making harees recipe, Harissa

• Soak the wheat overnight.
• In a very large pot, add the soaked wheat, chicken, cinnamon, black pepper, salt and enough water and bring to a boil.
• Cook it till the harees becomes a watery consistency. Remember to stir at the bottom every few minutes to prevent the bottom from getting burnt. This will take some time to get cooked.
• With a hand blender, blend it well. The consistency shouldn’t be like a fine paste and left little bit grainy.
• Serve it hot with butter or olive oil on top.

Additional Notes:

• Harees takes a bit of time to cook. When cooked, it will be somewhat like an oats porridge.
• You can add any other spices of your choice.
• Traditionally the harees is blended with a wooden masher. 

Traditional One Pot Harees Recipe

A delicious Harees recipe with simple spices.

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Course: Main

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Author: Fa's Kitchen

Ingredients

• 2 cups of harees /wheat grains
• 1 kg 2 lbs of chicken, deboned
• 2 sticks of cinnamon sticks
• 1 tsp of black pepper powder
• salt to taste
• melted butter or olive oil

Instructions

• Soak the wheat overnight.
• In a very large pot, add the soaked wheat, chicken, cinnamon, black pepper, salt and enough water and bring to a boil.
• Cook it till the harees becomes a watery consistency. Remember to stir at the bottom every few minutes to prevent the bottom from getting burnt. This will take some time to get cooked.
• With a hand blender, blend it well. The consistency shouldn’t be like a fine paste and left little bit grainy.
• Serve it hot with butter or olive oil on top.

Notes

Harees takes a bit of time to cook. When cooked, it will be somewhat like an oats porridge.
You can add any other spices of your choice.
Traditionally the harees is blended with a wooden masher.

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