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Yakhni Pulao

Yakhni Pulao Recipe | How to make Yakhni Pulao | Pulao Recipe

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Kg Mutton
  • 700 grams Rice
  • 250 grams Oil/Ghee
  • 500 grams Onion (Sliced)
  • 2 Big size Tomato (cut into big pieces)
  • 100 grams (2tbs) Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 200 grams Curd (Yogurt) (Whisk in a bowl)
  • 2 medium size Potato (cut into big pieces)
  • 4 Green Chillies (slits)
  • 1 cup Mint Leaves (Pudina) (chopped)
  • 1/2 cup Coriander Leaves (chopped)
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 Lemon

For Potli

  • 2 Cinnamon sticks
  • 8-10 Green cardamoms
  • 12-15 Black peppercorns
  • 10-12 Cloves
  • 2 Black cardamoms
  • 3-4 Bay leaves
  • 2 tbsp Coriander seeds (roughly crushed)
  • 2 tbsp Fennel seeds
  • 2 tbsp Caraway seeds (shahi jeera)

To make paste of whole spice

  • 1 tbsp Cumin
  • 1 tbsp Coriander seed
  • 1 Cinamon Stick
  • 1 tbsp Caraway seed (shahi zeera)
  • 2 Black cardamoms
  • 7-8 Cloves
  • 8-10 Black peppercorns
  • 4-5 Green cardamoms
  • 1/2 Mace
  • 1/2 Nutmeg

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Rinse the rice and then soak it for 30 minutes.
  • Cut the meat into small pieces and clean it properly.Wash it with water.
  • Sliced the onion,tomato.
  • Chopped the coriander and mint leaves.
  • Peel the potatos and cut into big peices.
  • Take a clean cloth and place the spices mention in the ingredients of potli.(Cinnamon sticks,Green cardamoms,Black peppercorns,Cloves,Black cardamoms,Bay leaves,Coriander seeds, Fennel seeds,Caraway seeds (shahi jeera))
  • Paste the remaining whole spices in mixture grinder.(That is also mention in ingredient section)

Making Mutton Yakhni Pulao

  • In a pan heat half oil and add the potatoes and fry till very light brown.Remove it from pan and keep it aside.
  • In a same oil add sliced onion and saute till light golden.
  • Separate the half fried onion and keep aside.
  • Saute remaining onion for few minutes then add mint and coriander leaves ,saute for few minutes and then stop the flame. And keep aside.
  • Heat the remaining oil in pressure cooker, add the mutton pieces,half fried light golden onion .
  • Add salt according to taste and saute for few minutes.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few minutes.
  • Add whisk curd and saute it for few minutes .
  • Add the prepared whole spices paste and potli.
  • Add tomatoes and green chillies. Saute for a minute.
  • Add add sufficient water.Pressure cook till the meat become soft and tender.
  • Heat the pan and add the yakhni stock with meet. ,add saute potatoes and saute onion ,mint and coriander mixture.
  • Adjust the quantity of water according to stock .
  • Add Soaked rice and salt according to taste. Stir well .Add lemon juice.
  • Cook the rice uncovered till the water dries up.
  • Cover the pan and cook the Yakhni Pulao on low flame for 15 minutes or till rice is done. Then switch off the stove and it is ready to served.
  • Serve Yakhni pulao either by raita or salad.

Notes

Use long-grained rice and short-grained rice. 
Adding lemon juice into rice make the rice texture better .