It is a known staple in east African cooking,Learn the recipeBoko boko Harees Wheat paste foodby vahchef.For all recipes visit vahrehvah.com
- Soak wheat and leave wheat in water for 3 hours.
- Boil wheat, chicken breast and grated onion in 3 cups of water. Add 1 tea spoon of salt and keep cooking on low fire.
- On another side, make sweet turmeric sauce. Cut chicken gizzards into small pieces and boil with 3 spoons of turmeric paste/puree in 1/2 cup of water, add a pinch of salt and 3 table spoons of sugar. Leave the sauce to cool.
- Once wheat is thoroughly cooked, take out the chicken breast, they should also be well cooked by now to the point that they almost start to shred when you just touch them.
- Cut chicken breast into small pieces and shred well. Put the chicken back into the bowl of wheat and start to stir. By now the wheat you are cooking should have started turning into a thick paste.
- Add 2 to 3 spoons of ghee and keep stirring until the shredded chicken is evenly distributed. The heaviness or thickness of wheat paste should almost feel like dough when kneaded and ready for baking. If the paste is too hard add a little water. Once ready, take off from fire and cover the wheat paste.
- Take a small frying pan and fry the choppedonion in 3 to 4 spoons of ghee. Keep stirring until onions turn red and crispy.