Recipe: Delicious Harees/Alsa/Alisa

Harees/Alsa/Alisa. Harees/Alsa/Alisa Meat Porridge RadyAr Hilal Kingdom of Bahrain. I'm Renoos, officially called as Dr Regina M, a doctor at profession, good wife at home and a budding cook in Kitchen. Hi friends.today i have came up with an easy harees recipe.

A muslim dish which has some resemblance to the North African couscous. It is prepared with white or off white coloured wheat,but the regular wheat can also be use. A dish that originated from arabic cuisine 'Harees', made on occasions as a starter in the northern part of kerala. You can have Harees/Alsa/Alisa using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Harees/Alsa/Alisa

1. Prepare 2 cups of wheat (branless).
2. It's 400 gms of Chicken.
3. Prepare 1 of onion (chopped).
4. It's 4nos. of clove.
5. Prepare to taste of Salt.
6. You need as required of water.
7. It's 2 cups of coconut milk.
8. Prepare 1 tbsp of ghee.
9. It's 2 tbsps of onion finely chopped.
10. You need to serve of sugar.

See recipes for Harees/Alsa/Alisa, Alisa's Easy Lasagna too. Alisa / Aleesa serves as a starter dish for marriage ceremonies using chamba wheat and chicken/mutton. A muslim dish which has some resemblance to the North African couscous. It is prepared with white or off white coloured wheat,but the regular wheat can also be use.

Harees/Alsa/Alisa step by step

1. Wash and soak the wheat in water for 2 hours. For faster cooking, soaking overnight is recommended..
2. Drain the wheat and transfer to pressure cooker. Add the chicken, chopped onion, cloves and salt. Pour enough water and cook till one whistle blows..
3. Then cook on low flame for about 45 mins to 1 hour..
4. Meanwhile, heat ghee in a pan and fry the finely chopped onions until golden brown..
5. After an hour, when pressure is down, open the cooker and pour coconut milk and mix well to achieve desired consistency..
6. Remove from flame when it starts boiling..
7. Transfer to a bowl. Pour ghee and garnish with the fried onions. Serve along with a bowl of sugar..
8. You can use any kind of meat - chicken, beef or mutton.

It is served during marriage ceremony and special occasions, as a starter. Aleesa or Harees is a one pot wheat porridge made with chicken/ lamb and few spices. It originated in the Middle East but is also a popular dish among the Mappila of Kerala. This recipe which I posted here is the Mappila version. Alisa - chicken and wheat porridge Alsa/Aleesa/Harees - One of the favourite dishes ( Muslim) served.