Green wheat grains with lamb - freeket ghanam

Name: How to cook Green wheat grains with lamb - freeket ghanam - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Cook Lebanese

Green wheat grains with lamb - freeket ghanam

Freekeh is roasted green wheat grains. In this recipe, it is cooked in lamb broth and served with lamb pieces. A treat!

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 persons

Cooking time :

150 minutes

1 kg

lamb pieces

1 1/2 cups

green wheat, freekeh, washed and drained

onions, chopped or sliced

1/3 cup

butter

1/2 cup

almonds, fried in vegetable oil

1 tablespoon

vegetable oil, for frying

1/4 teaspoon

black pepper

1/4 teaspoon

cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon

cumin

2 1/2 teaspoons

salt

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

In a cooking pot, place the lamb pieces and cover with water. Add salt and put on high heat until the water boils.

* Step 2

Reduce the heat and cover the cooking pot and let it simmer for about 1½ hr until the meat is tender. Check every once in a while to remove the foam forming on top of the water. Discard the foam.

* Step 3

When done, remove the meat from the cooking pot and keep it warm. Reserve the meat broth for later use.

* Step 4

In a skillet, fry the chopped onions in butter until they become soft.

* Step 5

Add in the freekeh and stir for 2 min.

* Step 6

Pour the meat broth over the freekeh and season with the spices and salt. Add more water if needed to cover the freekeh by at least 10 cm.

* Step 7

Bring to a boil then leave covered over low heat until the water and broth are absorbed by the freekeh. Make sure that the freekeh does not dry out by adding water from time to time if needed.