Traditional One Pot Harees Recipe
A delicious Harees recipe with simple spices.
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.
You can add any other spices of your choice.
Traditionally the harees is blended with a wooden masher.