Harees

Harees
Harisa
Alternative namesHareesa, haleem, arizah, harisa, jarish
TypePorridge
CourseMain course
Place of originArmenia
Arabian Peninsula
Region or stateWestern Asia
Main ingredientsWheat, butter, and meat (usually mutton but sometimes chicken)
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CountryQatar, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates
Reference01744
RegionArab States
Inscription history
Inscription2023 (18th session)
ListRepresentative

Harees, haresa, hareesa, arizah, harise, jarish, jareesh, (Arabic: هريس), harisa (Armenian: հարիսա), or korkot (Armenian: կորկոտ) is a dish of boiled, cracked, or coarsely-ground cracked wheat or bulgur, mixed with meat and seasoned. Its consistency varies between a porridge and a gruel. Harees is known throughout Armenia where it is served on Easter, and the Arab world, where it is commonly eaten in Arab states of the Persian Gulf in the month of Ramadan, and in Iraq, Lebanon and Bahrain during Ashura by Shia Muslims.