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INDIAN COOKERY AND CONFECTIONERY

them. After this make a layer of the boiled wheat and on it one of all the fried pistachios, almonds and raisins, mixed together. Then on them make as many alternate layers of meat and wheat as possible. Pour the rest of the hot ghee on the uppermost layer, shut the mouth of the boiler and apply very gentle heat for about an hour or more, when the polao will be ready to be served. Wheat is only a substitute for rice in this polao.