Haleem (Arabic: حلیم‎, Urdu: حلیم‎, Turkish: Halim aşı, Persian: هَلیم‎‎, Bengali: হালিম, Hindi: हलीम ) is stew popular in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian Subcontinent. Although the dish varies from region to region, it always includes wheat, barley, lentils and meat. Popular variations include keşkek in Anatolia, Iran, the Caucasus region and northern Iraq; harissa in the Arab world and Armenia; khichra in Pakistan and India; and Hyderabadi haleem in Telangana, India.