About this dish
A smooth, slow-cooked wheat and meat porridge, whipped until creamy, a Saudi Ramadan favorite.
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Ingredients
🌾2 cups whole wheat, soaked
🐑500g lamb, bone-in
🧈3 tbsp ghee
🧂Salt, to taste
Method
Serves 21
Simmer wheat and lamb together in plenty of water for several hours until both are very soft.2
Remove the bones and shred the meat back into the pot.3
Beat the mixture vigorously until smooth and porridge-like.4
Continue cooking on low heat, stirring, until thick.5
Serve hot topped with ghee and cinnamon.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Harees is a widely eaten dish across the Gulf, especially popular in Saudi Arabia during Ramadan.
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