I would love to know the answer to this too. I made haleem last weekend and even thoughit tasted ok the daals and the wheat didnt get as mushy as i would have liked it to be. Ammi said to next time grind the wheat just a little bit to mash it. I didnt make from a box but measured my own daals etc. Also i hear that the salan or korma you add tothe haleem should be really tasty since the tastier it is, the tastier yhour haleem is.
Use the Shaan masala for Haleem....if you like it extra hot then use the whole packet...for me i use more then half but not all. If you dont use the whole packet be sure to add more salt....about 2 tsps.
add 1 cup extra chana daal to the daals that come with the packet.
After the daals and meat is cooked and tender....I grind half of it and put it back in the pot. This leaves it slightly chunky rather then completely smooth.
other then that.....follow ATA's way and/or the directions on the box....that's how I do it as well.
btw sorry if im posting this late...if i am tell me how it turned out. :)
oh and you can also cook this in the pressure cooker...for about 20 minutes. the end result tastes the same.
Beef or mutton 1 kg
Wheat 250 grams
Gram lentil 250 grams
Saok wheat overnight and lentil for two hours.
Cook meat in 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste, onions 4 (cut into large pieces), termuric poweder (haldi) ground 3 tablespoon, red chillies poweder 5 tablespoons, corriander powder 5 tablespoon, garam masala 1 and half tablespoon (ground), salt, tezpat 6 no and four glass of water. Cook on light heat till meat tenders and then mash it.
Meanwhile boil the wheat and lentil separately. And then mash them and then mix with the meat, put green corriander, green chillies, ginger sliced and mint leaves and cook thoroughly on light heat. Then take one cup oil and some thinly sliced onions and fry it.
One of my tricks is to throw in some chicken bones/bony meat in the haleem. It really brings out the flavor. I'll have the butcher cut a couple of drumsticks into tiny pieces and put that in the haleem.
when i make..i let the wheat and every daal soak separately overnight..and yeah i use all the dalls..the max quanityt is of chana dal..half of that is mash,moong,masoor and urad daal...then boil..wheat allag and dalls allag...make qorma..put the daals and wheat..but not completely..half of each of them is left to be grinded..once grinded then put it in the qorma...final touch is of home-made chaat masala..which my MIL makes by first bhooning zeera,dhanya,sabut laal mirch and something more might be..and then grind it..i never made it..always bring form there...
but yeah dont grind the whole of daal and wheat..just put some there before grinding...and yeah its better to use bones wali chicken...but i use boneless chicken ..now i wud try adding some bones to it also..