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Yakhani

Yahani
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Yakhani Recipe

Yakhani is a famous kashmiri food mildly spiced meat dish made in yogurt based sauce. Yakhani is usually made with mutton as the meat, but often people substitute chicken for it. The most important aspect of Yakhani is its aromatic flavor, since it is an aromatic spicy dish full of cardamom and cinnamon.

 Ingredients

1 lb mutton
1 cup yogurt
1 teaspoon shonth or sunti (type of ginger)
1½ badiyan (star anise)
2 cloves
2 stick of cinnamon (dalchini)or ½ teaspoon of cinnamon
2 teaspoon of cumin
3 cardamom (elaichi)
Pinch of asafetida (Hing)
1 tablespoon of oil
½ cup of cream (optional)
½ teaspoon salt ot salt to taste

 Preparation
1

Mix mutton with 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 green elaichi, 1big black elaichi, cinnamon, pinch of hing and salt.

2
Cook over medium low heat for atleast 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
3
Beat yogurt, cream, shonth and badiyan.
4
Add yogurt mixture of to the mutton.
5
Simmer in low heat for 5 minutes. Stop heating.
6
In a separate pan warm oil and put green elaichi and cumin.
7
Add to Yakhani. Stir and serve with basmati rice.
Nutritional Analysis

Total Calories (kilo calories)

406.4

20

Total Calories from Fat (kilo calories)

305.3

 

Total Fat (g)

34.5

53

Total Saturated Fat (g)

14.8

74

Total Transfat (g)

4.4

 

Cholesterol (mg)

102.3

34

Sodium (mg)

946.3

39

Carbohydrate (g)

3.7

1

Dietary Fiber (g)

1.2

5

Sugar (g)

0.1

 

Protein (g)

20.2

 

Vitamin A (IU)

244.4

5

Vitamin C (mg)

1.0

2

Calcium (mg)

61.2

6

Iron (mg)

3.6

20

 
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