There are many recipes of Beef Yakhni pulao but we are going to share the easiest one to make and at the same time it is really delicious. Ingredients used in it are always easily available at home. It has only 3 steps so try it on this Eid ul Adha and Enjoy your Eid.
Preparation time: 5 mins. Cooking time: 25 mins
Ingredients of Beef Yakhni Pulao
For Yakhni Soup
Beef Meat - 1 kg - Bael / Bara Gosht Cloves - 7 pcs - Laung Cinnamon - 2 pcs - Daar Cheeni Salt - 1 tbsp - Namak Whole Garlic - 2 pcs - Sabit Lehsan Onions - 2 medium size pcs - Payaz Black Cardamom - 2 pcs - Kali Ilayachi Star Anise - 1 piece - Phool Badiyan Water - 2.5 liter - Pani
Pulao Ingredients
Rice - 3 glass - Chaawal Green chilies - 3 pcs - Sabaz mirch Ginger - 1 inch - Adrak Tomatoes - 2 pcs - Tamatar Onion - 1 piece - Payaz Black pepper powder - 1 pinch - Kali mirch Red chili powder - 1 tsp - Laal mirch Salt - 1 tbsp - Namak Black pepper Whole - 1 tbsp - Sabit Kali mirch Whole cumin - 1 tbsp - Sabit Zeera Cooking oil - 125 ml - Tael Red chili flakes - 1 tea spoon - Laal dadar mirch Dry coriander powder - 1 tbsp - Khush dhania powder
Making
Preparing Beef Yakhni (Soup)
Take a pressure cooker and add meat, cloves, cinnamon, 1 tbsp, garlic, onions, Black cardamom, Star anise and 2 and half liter Water. Mix it once and Pressure cook it for 10 minutes on medium flame.
Some times it might take more time depending on quality of your meat so do check if it needs more time to cook or not. When meat is ready take out Meat Only in a separate bowl and Strain rest of the materials and save Yakhni-Soup in a different Jug or Container to use it later.
Preparing Pulao Rice
Take a cooking pot and put oil in it. After oil gets hot add onions in it and fry until it slightly changes its color to golden. When they become lite golden add cumin in it. Fry it along with the onions.
Tip: Frying Onions with cumin produce amazing aroma.
Now add half glass water in it. Then add sliced tomatoes in it. Mix them well with spoon. When tomatoes become soft. Add steamed beef in it, Saute it for 2 to 3 minutes. Then add sliced ginger, whole black pepper and all the dry spices. (Check list above in ingredients) Mix these ingredients well.
Now Add 4 and half Glass of Soup we prepared at start. If you have less soup then complete the quantity with Water.This quantity of water is for 3 glass rice.
Now let this material boil. When it boiling hot then add Rice in it which you soaked in water before. Remember to strain water out before putting them in the cooking pot. Mix them once with lite hand and cover its lid for 2 to 3 minutes on medium flame.
After 3 minutes water will get dry. Add green chilies in it and cover it lid again for 5 minutes and put heavy weight on it so the steam can not come out of the pot.
After 5 minutes our delicious Beef Yakhni Pulao is Ready. Enjoy it with your family and friends.
First look of this Pulao is green and contains various vegetables that is why it is called Forest Pulao. You can call it English version of Jangli Pulao but our that version is different which we will upload soon. This is a healthy recipe in rice which can be made without chicken to make it pure Vegetarian recipe.
Rice - 5 glass - Chaawal Chicken - 3 kg - Murgi Baby Potato - 1 kg - Chotai Aloo Pea - 1 kg - Matar Carrot - 1 kg - Gajar Green beans- 250 gram - Farash bean Broccoli - 1 med pc - Shakh Gobi Cauliflower - 1 med pc - Band Gobhi Cooking Oil - 800 ml - Tael Salt - 5 tbsp - Namak Red chili powder - 1 tbsp - Laal mirch Red Chili flakes - 1 tbsp - Dadar Mirch Black Pepper powder - 1 tea spoon - Kali mirch powder Black Cardamom - 5 pcs - Moti Kali Ilaichi Whole Black pepper - 1 tea spoon - Kali Mirch sabit Cloves - 6 pcs - Laung Star anise - 2 pcs - Phool Badian Cinnamon - 4 pcs - Daar Chini Cumin - 3 tbsp - Sabit Zeera Onions - 3 med pcs - Pyaz Tomato - 6 pcs - Tamatar Green chili - 6 pcs - Sabaz mirch Ginger - 1 pcs - Adrak Spinach - 2 fists | Muthi - Palak Fenugreek leaves- 2 fists | Muthi - Methi Sliced Mushrooms - 2 cans | 400 grams - Khambi
Making Forest Pulao
First Add cooking oil in cooking pot and wait for it to get hot. When oil gets hot add sliced onions, cinnamon, black cardamom, cloves and star anise in it. Fry Onions until they become lite golden. After color of onion changes then add 1 glass water in it.
Make sure that when you add water then keep your self secure so splash does not returns. You can cover it with lid.
Now add 3 liter water and peas in it. Remember that never Saute peas because it makes them hard, always add them after adding water as it keeps them soft. Now cover your cooking pot with lid and wait for the boil.
After water is boiling then do check your baby potato if it is well cooked or needs more time. If it is well cooked then lets add rice in it.
Adding rice in Forest Pulao
We will now use 5 glass rice which we washed and soaked in water for 30 minutes. Take out water from rice bowl and add rice in your cooking pot. After mixing rice, add broccoli and cauliflower. Now mix these ingredients with lite hands.
We add broccoli and cauliflower at last because they are very delicate vegetables and can break if we add them at start. After that add mushrooms.
After water dries from sides of the cooking pot. Mix your rice with lite hands once and cover cooking pot with its lid for 5 minutes (Dham). Do put some heavy weight on lid of your cooking pot so steam does not comes out of it.
After 5 minutes your Forest Pulao will be ready. Enjoy.
Chicken Pulao recipe is lighter version of Biryani and is easy to make than his big brother biryani. It is one of the most favorite dishes of Rice lovers.
Here is step by step guide about how to make Chicken Pulao. There are also other versions of pulao which we will share with you in future.
First take a cooking pot and put 1 and half cup cooking oil in it. When the oil is hot put 2 pcs sliced Onions in it and cook them until they become light brown. When the onions become light brown add one glass water in it. Do cover the pot with lid so when you add water the reverse splash does not burns you.
After that add Tomatoes, Ginger and green chilies in it. After three to four minutes we will add salt, red chili powder, black-pepper powder, fenugreek powder, star anise, black cardamom and black cloves. Cover it for 2 to 3 minutes.
Now add chicken in it and mix with the spices inside. Close the lid of the pot and let it cook on Medium flame for 5 minutes. Add 6 table spoon yogurt in cooking pot and mix it. Now we will cook | Saute chicken until it is ready. Close the lid and after some time check if the oil has come on the sides of the chicken.
Do check the chicken if it is ready from inside as some chickens can take more time to cook. If your chicken is ready then add 4 and a half glass water in it. After mixing close the lid and wait for the water to boil.
Making Rice
First soak 3 glass (Desi Measurement) of Rice in Water for 30 minutes.
Now take the water out of the rice which we added at the start for 30 minutes. If the cooking pot water is boiling now then add rice in it and mix them. Now close the lid and let water dry.
After the water is dry we will put the rice on dham (Steam cook). Cover the lid with clean cloth and put it on the pot on low flame. After covering put some weight on the lid so its steam does not come out. After 6 to 7 minutes we will open it and mix the rice with lite hand.
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