Beef Nihari, halal recipe by Ikhlas Halal Butcher
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Beef Nihari

The slow-cooked breakfast classic, beef shank simmered for hours in a spiced, wheat-thickened gravy until meltingly tender.

Yield: 6Prep 20mCook 3h 30mTotal 3h 50mAdvancedSpice: Hot

Ingredients

    Use fresh, HMC-certified meat. Keep raw and ready-to-eat foods separate.

    Method

    1. Fry onions in oil until golden, then add ginger-garlic and sear the beef shank on all sides.
    2. Add nihari masala, chilli, turmeric and salt; cook 2–3 minutes.
    3. Add about 2 litres of water, bring to the boil, then cover and simmer very gently 3 hours until the meat is meltingly tender.
    4. Whisk the flour with water until smooth and stir in gradually; simmer 20–30 minutes until the gravy thickens and turns glossy.
    5. Serve topped with ginger julienne, green chillies, coriander and a squeeze of lemon, with naan.
    Cook it with meat cut this morning. Shop beef

    Cook it with HMC-certified halal beef from our counter. Hand slaughtered, monitored by the Halal Monitoring Committee, and cut the way you ask for it at 26-28 City Road, Bradford. Collect in about two hours or local delivery within seven miles.

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