Persian cooking: recipes · Snacks, sides & street food

Halim حلیم

Wheat and meat porridge, cooked for hours and served with cinnamon, sugar and butter; a classic winter breakfast.

⏱ 300 min

Ingredients

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  • 225 g hulled wheat berries
  • 300 g lamb shoulder, in pieces
  • ¾ onions
  • 45 g butter
  • 1½ tbsp cinnamon
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • salt (to taste)

Method

  1. Soak the wheat overnight and boil in plenty of water for 3 hours until very soft.
  2. Boil the meat with the onion for 2 hours until tender and shred finely.
  3. Add the meat to the wheat and cook for 1 hour, constantly stirring and mashing with a wooden spoon until thick and stringy. Season with salt.
  4. Serve with melted butter, cinnamon and sugar.