Chicken Haleem

Soak the wheat preferably overnight. Soak the lentils and the almonds for 2-3 hours. Marinate the chicken mince with ginger-garlic paste, chopped chilies, yoghurt, garam masala powder and red chilli powder for an hour.

Heat the ghee in a pan and fry the onions till golden brown in colour. Drain and keep aside. Temper the same ghee with the cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves, peppercorns and shahjeera. Saute for a few seconds.

Now add the marinated mince and saute till the oil separates from the sides of the pan. Add the soaked lentils, wheat. almonds, salt, 3/4 of the fried onions and 4 cups water.

Pressure cook for 30-35 minutes on a low flame after the first whistle. After the pressure is released, simmer on a low flame. Keep mashing with the back of a ladle while it is simmering.

Serve hot with some lemon wedges, rose essence (opt), fried onions, ginger julienne, almonds and coriander leaves.