Pakistani Punjabi Karachi Style Yakhni Pulao Chicken Stock Pila Recipes

PAKISTANI PUNJABI/KARACHI STYLE YAKHNI PULAO (CHICKEN STOCK PILA

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients for yakhni. Bring them to a boil & let them boil on medium high heat for 20 minutes or till the chicken gets tender. Strain the yakhni only leaving the chicken in it.
• In a pan heat oil. Add sliced onions & fry the onions till they turn golden brown. Take 1/4 out of it & keep aside.
• Now add cumin seeds (zeera), ginger garlic paste, tomatoes, salt, red chilly powder & coriander powder to the remaining fried onions & stir fry for 3 minutes.
• Next add yogurt, garam masala and green cardamom (choti elaichi). Cook on medium high heat till the tomatoes get tender.
• Add anise seed (saunf) & chicken pieces to the masala & let it simmer for another 2 minutes.
• Finally pour the masala in the yakhni, already back in the cooking pot. Add rice & cook it uncovered on high heat for 5 minutes or till the water dries up.
• Sprinkle the fried onions & mint leaves. Close the pot by tightly covering the pot with foil just where the lid goes making sure no steam passes out. Cook on low heat for 15 minutes or till the rice is done.
• Enjoy with chutney or cucember raita.

YAKHNI PULAO

Steps:

• Gently wash and soak the rice in water. Set aside.
• Cook the mutton with the red chilli, ginger, fennel seeds, black and green cardamoms, coriander seeds and salt in a pressure cooker, adding eight cups of water. Cook till tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove all the spices and strain the stock.
• The stock should measure five cups. Add water if the stock is not sufficient. Set aside.
• Keep the mutton pieces separately.
• In a heavy bottomed vessel, heat the ghee (or oil), and add the bay leaf and cinnamon.
• Add half the sliced onions and fry till light brown.
• Add the mutton and the beaten yogurt and fry for a few minutes.
• Stir in the rice gently, ensuring that it does not break. Add the stock and cook the rice.
• Cover and bring the stock to a boil over high heat, then simmer till the rice gets cooked.
• Heat a little oil in a pan and fry the remaining onions till brown.
• Sprinkle the fried onions over rice just before serving.