Saudi Arabia / Main
Jareesh
Cracked wheat cooked with meat to a thick porridge, under fried onion.
Ingredients
- Cracked wheat, soaked two hours400 g
- Lamb on the bone800 g
- Onions3
- Tomatoes3
- Yoghurt200 ml
- Baharat2 tsp
- Dried lime2
- Ghee80 g
- Salt and pepperto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 6 steps
Soak the cracked wheat in cold water for two hours and rinse it.
Fry one onion in ghee, add the meat and brown it.
Add the tomatoes, baharat and pierced limes, cover with water and cook forty minutes.
Add the wheat, top up with water two fingers above and cook ninety minutes on a low heat, stirring.
Remove the bones, stir in the yoghurt and beat the porridge with a spoon or a mixer until creamy and uniform.
Fry the remaining onion dark brown and spoon it over the jareesh with its oil.





