Ḥinṭiyya (Wheat Porridge with Meat)
Origin: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Baghdādī, 1226
Ingredients
- fatty meat
- tail-fat
- salt
- dry coriander
- cinnamon
- dry dill
- hulled wheat
- cumin
- fresh lemon
Instructions
- Sweat medium-cut fatty meat in rendered tail-fat, then add salt, ground coriander and cinnamon pieces.
- As it nears done, add water proportioned to the wheat plus a little dry dill; boil hard.
- Add lightly cracked, washed hulled wheat and remove the dill; cook until firmly set.
- Rest an hour, lift off, dust with pounded cumin and cinnamon, and squeeze fresh lemon over if desired.