Yakhni pulao is a kashmiri recipe made with rice,chicken and some spices that add flavour to the pulao. yakhni is stock of meat with few aromatic spices the soupy texture what we get after the meat cooks is called the yakhni. Then the stock,long grain rice and the meat is cooked together along with some seasoning.
it's an awesome recipe, do try it.
Ingredients:
👉750 gms chicken( washed cut into medium pieces)
👉1 large onion finely chopped
👉1 tbsp oil
👉1 tbsp ghee
👉6 tbsp yogurt
👉2 tbsp biryani masala
👉1 tsp garam masalsa
👉1 tsp salt
👉1 tsp cumin seeds
👉3 cups basmati rice(soaked for 15mins)
👉6 cups water
Ingredients For the yakhni:
👉2 tbsp Coriander seeds
👉1 tsp cumin seeds
👉1 tsp fennel seeds
👉1 tsp red chilly powder
👉15 peppercorns
👉10 cloves
👉6 cardamom
👉1 tbsp salt
👉1'' 3 sticks of cinnamon
👉1 medium onion chopped
👉1 large tomato chopped
👉1 green chilly chopped
👉1 pod of garlic( peeled cut into halves)
👉1'' Ginger chopped
Method:
👉Heat up a pot on medium flame add in chicken and all the above ingredients which says ingredients for yakni, then add in 6 cups of water let it boil for 5 mins.put of the flame and let it cool.
👉When done let it cool, then remove the chicken pieces and strain the water( the strained water is called the yakni )keep the yakni aside.Throw away the strained boiled masala.we only need the yakni and the chicken.
👉Now take a pot and heat up 1tbsp oil and 1tbsp ghee now add 1chopped onion sauté till golden brown now add the strained chicken pieces,toss it gently then add 6 tbsp of yogurt then add in 2 tbsp of biryani masala ,1tsp of Garammasala,1tsp salt,1tsp cumin seeds.
👉Sauté gently now add the yakni give it a boil ,add the 3 cups of soaked basmati rice cover it let it cook for 10 mins..after that take a flat pan as we need to give dum for our pulao keep the pot on the flat pan let it cook in its flavours for 10mins...when done, you can serve it hot with any raita of your choice.
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