Yakhni

Ingredients

Mutton – ½  kg

Onion – 2 big

Bay leaf - 3

Cinnamon – 1 inch piece

Cloves – 3

Cardamom – 2

Black cardamom - 1

Tomatoes - 2

Garlic – 6 flakes

Ginger – 50 gm

Black pepper powder – 1 tsp

Green chilli – 3

Red chilli powder as per taste

Salt as per taste

Lemon juice 1

Coriander and mint leaves – 1 cup

Oil – 2 tbl.sp

Method

Wash mutton pieces and boil it or steam in pressure cooker.

Wash and soak rice in water for 3 to 4 hours. Slice onion into fine pieces, heat oil in a vessel, and add onions, bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and black cardamom to it. When the onion turns golden brown, add ginger garlic paste, chopped tomatoes, chopped green chilli, black pepper powder, red chilli powder, salt, lemon juice, coriander and mint leaves. Mix well and cook for few minutes on a low flame. After two minutes, add mutton pieces to it, cook for 2 minutes, then add water. Use water, in which you have boiled mutton pieces. For 250 gm rice, add 500 gm water. Cover the lid. When water starts boiling, add rice. When rice starts losing moisture, slow the flame, keep a pan under it. Close it tightly and cook for few minutes. Yakhni is ready. Serve this with raita.

You can even add 500 gm green peas to this recipe.

For raita recipe, you can see my site http://exoticvegetarianrecipes.blogspot.com