Beef Yakhni Pulao | Yakhni Pulao | How to Make Yakhni Pulao with step-by-step photos
Yakhni Pulao is a flavourful, aromatic, and relish recipe, it is a popular variation of Pulao recipes. It is made with beef Yakhni prepared separately using salt, ginger, garlic, onions, and all whole garam masala. Beef Pulao is a renowned dish that can be prepared and served on special occasions like Eid ul Adha or family dinners. Yakhni Pulao is a meat-based rich dish that has its origin in Punjab. It is cooked with mutton, beef, or chicken meat and merged with rice
Whole spices (garam masala) and beef stock give your dish a perfect taste. These ingredients enhance the taste and aroma of Yakhni Pulao. You need to follow the method listed on the page properly to prepare the recipe accurately. This recipe is loved by Pakistani families. You can prepare it at home for dinner functions or even just to please your family.
I was making a plan to make this aromatic and flavored beef yakhni pulao on Eid ul Adha, finally, the day came when I could fulfill my desire, this was really very good taste, and I couldn’t stop myself from overeating this recipe actually I learned from my mom,
She used to cook at special events, but she was not a super chef even then most of the time her cooking used to be so aromatic and flavorful, till now I couldn’t bring that aroma and flavor into my cooking even though I level try my best
Anyhow some memories never are fade with time, those time periods when I spent with her unforgettable till the last breath of my life, Allah Rub ul izzat grant her the highest rank of Jannah Ameen
Perfect Pulao tips:
- If you are using a pressure cooker then you add 200 ml of water and cook it for 15 to 20 minutes. will be the same method done
- 3 cups of soaked rice will be used for 3 cups of stock.
- if stock is less than required you can pour boiled water to accomplish the water requirement
- Or if you have beef stock is more than need
- You can reserve it in the refrigerator for the using later
- Using soaked and long-grain rice gives a superb taste to the pulao
- Pure ghee is a taste agent for the enhanced taste of your pulao
- Cook the rice always in a broad capacity pot to prevent broken rice grain
- At the time of adding the stock, you can adjust salt
- When rice is started boiling then can be added vinegar your rice won't stick to each other.
To prepare this recipe first we soak the rice for 2 hours
Take all ingredients and then prepare all veggies
Collect all whole spices in the muslin cloth and give it to a pot(bag) shape and tie it firmly
The spice muslin bag is ready to use in stock
Take a large pot/cooker add 300ml water, and salt along with beef meat, then put a muslin bag into the pot, push the muslin bag down then bring it to boil, cover the lid, and let it cook for hours on medium flame or until meat is tender...
Once the stock is cooked remove the muslin bag from stock
Take a large capacity pot to add ghee/oil heat it_Then add onion slices and fry on medium flame till turns to light golden color then put whole spices
Fry whole spices with onion then put ginger garlic paste and further fry paste with onion spices for 2-3 minutes on medium flame then put boiled meat fry them for 2-3 minutes on medium flame, right after adding yogurt
Stir to mix well on medium flame now add green chilies
Stir to mix well on low-medium flame now add soaked rice and stir to
mix well until the aroma arises, then pour stock into the roasted rice, and stir to
combine slightly, at this stage adjust the salt in the rice
And bring it to a boil, then cover the lid_Allow to cook it on high flame for approx 5 minutes until the water dries out
You can see the small holes/pits appearing on top of the rice reduce the heat to low then at this stage sprinkle fried brown onion, food
color, and biryani essence over the rice, cover it again, and simmer it for 10
minutes on low flame.
Yakhni Pulao is a
flavourful, aromatic, and relish recipe, it is a popular variation of Pulao
recipes, and rice is prepared in stock
Ingredients for Rice:
- 3 cups, basmati rice (long grain) soaked for 2 hours
- 1 cup, onions thinly sliced
- 8-9, black peppercorn
- 3-4 pods, green cardamom
- 2 pcs, bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp, black cumin seeds
- 3 pcs, cloves
- 1/2 pcs, star anise
- 1-inch, cinnamon stick
- salt to taste
- I tbsp, yogurt
- 1 tsp, ginger garlic paste freshly ground
- 4-5 pcs, green chilies
- 150 ml, of ghee/olive oil
- 2 drops, biryani essence
- 2 pinch, yellow food color optional
For Stock:
- ½ kg, calf meat (beef)the meat of the waist part is the best for biryani and Pulao
- 1 tbsp, ginger garlic chopped
- 1/ tsp, black peppercorn
- ½ tbsp, whole coriander seeds
- 1 tsp, white cumin seeds
- 1/4 tsp, fennel seeds
- 1 pcs, bay leaf
- 1-inch, cinnamon stick
- 1/2 tsp, fennel seeds
- 3-4 pcs, cloves
- 2 pods, black cardamom
- 1 medium-sized, onion chopped
- salt to taste
How to make the Yakhni Pulao?
- Collect all whole spices in the muslin cloth Like black cardamom, black pepper cumin, coriander and fennel seeds, bay leaves, green cardamom, clove, cinnamon stick chop onion, and ginger-garlic
- And give it a potli(bag) shape and tie it firmly
- The spice muslin bag is ready to use in stock
- Take a large pot/cooker add 300ml water, and salt along with beef meat, then put a muslin bag in the pot
- Push the muslin bag down then bring it to boil,
- Cover the lid and let it cook for hours on medium flame or until the meat is tender...
- Once the stock is cooked remove the muslin bag from stock
- Take a large capacity pot to add ghee/oil heat it
- Then add onion slices and fry on medium flame till turns to light golden color
- Then put black peppercorn, cloves, bay leaf, green cardamom, fennel seeds, black cumin seeds, coriander seeds, green cardamom, cinnamon stick
- Fry whole spices with onion then put ginger garlic paste And further fry paste with onion spices for 2-3 minutes on medium flame
- Then put boiled meat and fry them for 2-3 minutes on medium flame,
- Right after add yogurt
- Stir to mix well on low-medium flame now add soaked rice and stir to mix well until the aroma arises
- Then pour the stock into the roasted rice
- Stir to combine slightly
- At this stage adjust the salt in the rice
- And bring it to a boil, then cover the lid
- Allow to cook it on high flame for approx 5 minutes until water dries out
- You can see the small holes/pits are appearing on top of the rice
- Reduce the heat to low then at this stage sprinkle fried brown onion, food color, and biryani essence over rice,
- Cover it again and simmer it for 10 minutes on low flame.
- After 10 minutes remove from the flame and now pulao is done
- Transfer to the serving plate/tray.
- To serve with raita, salad, Shami kabob veggies raita
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