Yakhni Pulao

Name: Yakhni Pulao
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 kg Mutton; 2 kg Rice(short grain fragrant rice); as needed water; 1/2 kg chopped Onions; 2 tablespoon Ginger garlic paste; 1 1/2 tsp Yoghurt/curd; 3 tablespoon Curry powder; 2 tablespoon homemade garam masala powder(recipe given below); 3 chopped Green Chillies; 2 small Cinnamon stick; 6-7 whole Black peppers; 5-6 Cloves; 1 1/2 cup Mustard oil; 1 tablespoon Ghee

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

Riyadh

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Eid without pulao or biryani is unimaginable. We celebrate eid-al -fitr after 1 month of fasting. So it is the joyous day for all of us. People celebrate this day with scrumptious food sharing with family, neighbors and friends.Yakhni pulao is prepared almost all parts of India during Eid. There are different recipes of yakhni pulao based on particular region. I am sharing today a yakhni pulao recipe that is prepared in Assam during eid.

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

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Ingredients

2 hour

10 servings

2 kgMutton
2 kgRice(short grain fragrant rice)
as neededwater
1/2 kgchopped Onions
2 tablespoonGinger garlic paste
1 1/2 tspYoghurt/curd
3 tablespoonCurry powder
2 tablespoonhomemade garam masala powder(recipe given below)
3chopped Green Chillies
2small Cinnamon stick
6-7whole Black peppers
5-6Cloves
1 1/2 cupMustard oil
1 tablespoonGhee

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Steps

2 hour

1

To make garam masala powder, dry roast 10-12 green Cardamom,3-4 small Cinnamon sticks,7-8 Cloves,12 black Peppercorns, 1 teaspoon shahi jeera and 1 small piece of mace. Grind to make powder.
2

Clean and soak rice with water for an hour. Use rice variety that is small in size and fragrant. We generally use our local variety of rice named kalijeera/joha.
3

Cut meat in small pieces. Be sure that meet is very good quality with some fats in them. You can use boneless meat, but meat with bones give more flavour to pulao.
4

Heat 1 cup of mustard oil to a big pressure cooker. Temper with cinnamon, cloves and black peppers.
5

Add in chopped onions and fry until light golden brown.
6

Add in ginger-garlic paste and saute for more 2 minutes.
7

Next add in the mutton and fry for 10 minutes in high heat. Also add in chopped green chillies.
8

Then add in all the spices like 3 tablespoon of curry powder, 1 tablespoon of prepared garam masala powder and salt. Mix well and fry.
9

When oil seperates from spices add in yoghurt and mix well.
10

Add in 2 cups of hot water, stir well and then close the lid and cook for about 20-25 minutes to cook the meat completely.
11

Meat is ready now.
12

For the pulao heat 1/2 cup of oil a big vessel and add in drained rice.
13

Fry the rice until translucent.
14

Add in the cooked meat along with gravy and mix well. Add in salt to taste.
15

Add in hot water as required to cook the rice.
16

Give it a boil, stir again and then cover the lid. Cook in medium low heat for about 5 minutes.
17

Remove the lid, stir gently again and then sprinkle 1 tablespoon of prepared garam masala and 1 tablespoon of ghee. Cover tightly and cook in low heat for about 15-20 minutes.
18

Delicious and flavourful yakhni pulao is ready now to serve.