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Aleesa, a Malabar chicken and wheat porridge

Aleesa, Malabar wheat and chicken porridge

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Malabar-style rice pudding: wheat cooked with cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom, mashed into a cream, mixed with coconut milk, and topped with cashews and sh…

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Recipe from Gkdeepasulekha, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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A festive dish of the Malabar Muslims of Kerala, aleesa is similar to harissa or haleem: wheat and chicken cooked for a long time with mild spices, then mashed into a creamy mixture with coconut milk.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Resting4 hr
  • Total5 hr 20 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodpressure cooker
  • Estimated cost$14.28 $3.57 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $8.22
  • $0.21
  • $0.53
  • $1.44
  • $0.03
  • $3.52
  • $0.33

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Wash the wheat and soak it.
  2. Place the chicken, onion, drained wheat, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and salt in the pressure cooker, along with enough water to cover, and cook until everything is very tender.
  3. Mash the chicken and wheat until you have a thick paste. ≈ 4 min
  4. Add the coconut milk and gently warm through.
  5. Toast the cashew nuts and shallots in ghee, then sprinkle them over the aleesa just before serving.

The bill

Aleesa, Malabar wheat and chicken porridge

  • 500 g of dehulled wheat$8.22
  • 1 chopped onion$0.21
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cardamom$0.53
  • 250 ml of thick coconut milk$1.44
  • salt$0.03
  • 100 g of ghee$3.52
  • 2 shallots, finely chopped$0.33

Total$14.28

that's $3.57 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 500 g of dehulled wheat
  • 250 g of chicken
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cardamom
  • 1 clove, crushed
  • One piece of cinnamon
  • 250 ml of thick coconut milk
  • salt
  • 100 g of ghee
  • 2 shallots, finely chopped
  • 10 cashew nuts

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