Mufallaq

Ingredients:
* 3 cups crushed wheat
* 4 cups water
* 2 tablespoons oil or shortening
* 1 pound lamb or beef cut into large chunks
* 2 large tomatoes, chopped
* salt and pepper to taste
* 2 onions, chopped
1. Wash wheat and soak for two hours in water to cover.
2. Brown meat in oil or shortening.
3. When browned, stir in chopped tomato, salt, pepper and 1 cup water.
4. Simmer until meat is tender and set aside.
5. Drain wheat and fry gently in oil or shortening in a separate skillet large enough to hold all ingredients.
6. Cook, stirring, until grain begins to turn color.
7. Add meat mixture and the remaining 3 cups water, cover, and cook until all water is almost absorbed and the wheat is fluffy.
8. Fry onion and place it in a depression in center of wheat.
9. Cover and allow to steam over a very low flame for about 1 hour.
10. Stir onion into the wheat and turn the mixture out onto a platter, picking out the biggest of the meat pieces to place across the top.