Haleem is sold as a snack food in bazaars throughout the year. It is also a special dish prepared throughout the world during the Ramadan and Muharram months of the Muslim Hijri calendar, particularly among Pakistanis and Indian Muslims. Since the name of this dish is the same of one of the a name of Allah, specifically "Al Haleem", some of Indian Muslims has start to refer to this dish as "Daleem", reasoning that it is more correct since the South Asian version of this dish contains large amounts of "dal", or lentils.