🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Harees
Cooked for hours then beaten to a savory porridge; every Gulf wedding and Ramadan night knows it.
🔪 Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 180 min📈 Difficulty: Medium
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
Whole wheat and lamb collapsed into one silken texture, finished with cinnamon ghee.
Ingredients
- 400 gwhole harees wheat, soaked overnight
- 500 glamb or chicken
- 4 tbspghee
- 1 tspcinnamon
- 1½ tspsalt
Method
- 1
Simmer wheat and meat together, covered, for three hours, topping up water.
- 2
Discard the bones and beat the pot with a wooden paddle until smooth and elastic.
- 3
Season with salt and pour into a shallow platter.
- 4
Melt the ghee with cinnamon and pour in a golden pool on top.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6