Mutton Harees
- 105 min
- medium
- Serves 4
Mutton harees is broken wheat and mutton cooked with whole spices, mashed smooth and topped with pepper ghee. Medium-spicy, serves 4, about 105 minutes.
You’ll need: Pressure Cooker
Good for: Ramzan, Party
Ingredients
Broken Wheat, For Soaking200 grams
Water, For Soaking500 ml
Mutton, With Bone500 grams
Onion, Roughly Chopped1
Ginger Garlic Paste, Paste15 grams
Green Chilli, Deseeded and Slit10 grams
Turmeric Powder1.5 grams
Cinnamon3 grams
Green Cardamom1.5 grams
Cloves1 grams
Black Peppercorns2.3 grams
Salt1½ tsp
Oil2 tbsp
Curry leaves2 grams
Ghee2 tbsp
Black Pepper Powder½ tsp
Coriander Leaves, Finely Chopped4 grams
Contains: milk, wheat.
Nutrition
Per 1 person, and for all 4 people. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per 1 person | All 4 people |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 525kcal | 2100kcal |
| Protein | 32g | 129g |
| Carbohydrate | 47g | 186g |
| Fat | 25g | 99g |
| Fibre | 8.2g | 33g |
| Sugar | 2.5g | 10g |
Cookd masalas for mutton
Method
Rinse the broken wheat twice and soak it in water for 2 hours. Drain it well, then rinse the mutton and keep it ready. Peel both onions; roughly chop one and thinly slice the other. Deseed and slit the green chillies and finely chop the coriander leaves.
Add the soaked wheat, mutton, water, roughly chopped onion, ginger garlic paste, green chilli, turmeric, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, peppercorns and salt to a pressure cooker. Close the cooker and pressure cook on medium flame for 6 whistles, until the mutton is soft and comes away from the bone. Let the pressure release on its own for about 15 minutes.
Heat oil in a kadai on medium flame for 1 minute until hot. Add the sliced onion and curry leaves, and fry for 8 to 10 minutes until the onion is golden. Keep this fried onion aside for serving.
Remove the mutton pieces from the cooker and take out the bones. Return the meat to the cooker. Remove the whole cinnamon and cardamom if easy to do.
Mash the wheat and mutton well with a ladle or potato masher. Simmer on low flame for 12 to 15 minutes, stirring often, until the wheat breaks down and the harees becomes thick and smooth. Mix in up to 250 ml hot water if it is too thick.
Heat ghee in a small pan on low flame for 30 seconds until melted. Add black pepper powder and stir for 30 seconds until it sizzles. Pour this over the harees and mix well.
Serve the harees hot with the fried onion and chopped coriander leaves on top. Check the salt before serving.
Before you start
- How long does Mutton Harees take?
- 1 hour 45 minutes from start to finish. That is 20 minutes of preparation and 1 hour 25 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Mutton Harees serve?
- 4. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Mutton Harees vegetarian?
- No, it contains meat or fish.
- Is Mutton Harees spicy?
- It is medium: 2 on our scale of 3. Chilli scales gently when you change the servings, so doubling the recipe does not double the heat.
- What do I need to make Mutton Harees?
- 500 grams Mutton, 200 grams Broken Wheat, 15 grams Ginger Garlic Paste, 10 grams Green Chilli, 1.5 grams Turmeric Powder, 3 grams Cinnamon, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Mutton Harees?
- Yes, this one is cooked under pressure.
- How many calories are in Mutton Harees?
- About 525 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
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