I had been saving one special dish for just such an occasion. Some time ago 7/7/2005 I had en excellent curry called Nihari at the Lal Qila. This traditional Pakistani stew was excellent and I promised I'd go back to try their other speicality, Haleem, something I have never tried. So today it was Haleem day and here's why my curry challenge is such a good thing, now you will never have to order one by mistake.

It's not horrid, not horrid at all, but it isn't very nice either.

The description on the menu said it was lamb, ground and cooked with six different types of lentils. What it actually was was wallpaper paste, boiled and ganished with slices of ginger.

It had the texture of school dinner chicken stew without the flavour. Quite odd indeed. It wasn't spicy, nor did it appear to have any lamb, ground or otherwise. In fact without the texture I don't think it would have existed at all. Kerry claimed she saw a lentil in it somewhere but I think it was just wishful thinking.

So my advice is say no to Haleem. But I also think I have vindicated the curry challenge and spared anyone who reads this from making a serious mistake by ordering one themselves.


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