Slow-Cooked Wheat Berries and Lamb with Fresh Mint

Known in most of Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan as haleem, this warming easy-to-eat combination is a cousin of the meat and grain dish known as harissa in Iran and in some Arab countries and as herissah in Armenian. Haleem is associated with the Muslim communities of the Subcontinent, from Pakistan to southern India. It’s a savory main-course dish made of whole grains (usually wheat, as here, or sometimes barley or oats) cooked until tender with lamb (or, in ot