Mufallaq

Ingredients

• 3 cups crushed wheat
• 4 cups water
• 2 tablespoons oil or shortening
• 1 pound lamb or beef cut into large chunks
• 2 large tomatoes, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 onions, chopped

Procedures

1. Wash wheat and soak for two hours in water to cover.
2. Brown meat in oil or shortening.
3. When browned, stir in chopped tomato, salt, pepper and 1 cup water.
4. Simmer until meat is tender and set aside.
5. Drain wheat and fry gently in oil or shortening in a separate skillet large enough to hold all ingredients.
6. Cook, stirring, until grain begins to turn color.
7. Add meat mixture and the remaining 3 cups water, cover, and cook until all water is almost absorbed and the wheat is fluffy.
8. Fry onion and place it in a depression in center of wheat.
9. Cover and allow to steam over a very low flame for about 1 hour.
10. Stir onion into the wheat and turn the mixture out onto a platter, picking out the biggest of the meat pieces to place across the top.