Mutton Yakhni Pulao

This pulao is cooked in goat meat broth. The broth is made by cooking the goat meat with some flavourful spices, onions, garlic and ginger. 

Ingredients 

For Yakhni 

• 500 gram mutton with bones 

• 2 tbsp coriander 

• 2 tbsp fennel seeds

• 1 tbsp cumin seeds 

• 7-8 cloves 

• 3-4 cardamom 

• 2 inch of cinnamon

• 10 peppercorns 

• 7-8 cups of water 

• 1 onion roughly chopped 

• 2-3 garlic pods 

• Few pieces of ginger roughly chopped 

• Muslin cloth

• 2 tbsp of ghee

• 1-1/2 cup of rice 

• 1 onion sliced (big onion) 

• 2 tbsp Curd

• 2 tsp of ginger- garlic- green chili paste

• 2-3 bay leaves 

• 1 tsp of cumin seeds 

• 2 -3 cloves 

• 1-inch cinnamon 

• 4-5 peppercorns 

• 1 tsp of pepper powder 

• Salt to taste 

• 1 sliced onion for deep frying

• Other ingredients to make the rice

Method 

To make the Yakhni 

•  Take a muslin cloth and add all the spices mentioned under for Yakhni and tie them up tightly 

• In a deep pan, add the potli of spices, mutton pieces, roughly chopped onion into big chunks, garlic, ginger, salt, and water. Cook the mixture on a medium flame for about 45 mins to one hour

• Once it's cooked for 45mins to an hour drain the Yakhni(mutton broth) into a bowl keeping aside all the other ingredients 

•  Discard the onions, ginger garlic pieces and the potli of spices 
• Check your mutton if it's cooked or else you can pressure cook it over 1-2 whistles

For the rice

• Wash and drain the rice and keep it aside for 15 -20 mins 
• In a pan, add 2 tbsp of ghee and add all the dry spices listed under Other ingredients to make the rice. 

• Add the sliced onion and cook them till they turn brown in color by adding a little salt. Add ginger- garlic chili paste and cook it for 2-3 minutes till the raw aroma of the paste disappears

• Then add the beaten curd, pepper and mix well 
• Now, add the drained mutton pieces, soaked rice and mix well 

• Finally, add the Yakhni (mutton broth) 

• Check for salt and cook it on high flame for 2 minutes and then put the flame on low, cover the rice with a lid and let it cook for 15 mins till the rice is complete done 
• Garnish with some fried onions and serve hot