Kashmiri Lamb Yakhni (Lamb with Mint Yoghurt curry)
Kashmiri Lamb Yakhni (Lamb with Mint Yoghurt curry)

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After the Yoghurt starts boiling, add the pieces of meat along with all spices listed in the Yoghurt prep above. How to Make Kashmiri Yakhni Curry (Lamb Cooked in Yoghurt) Boil the lamb with the cinnamon, cardamoms and aniseed. (Tie the spices in a muslin pouch as they have to be discarded once the lamb is cooked.) Boil till the lamb is almost done. Reserve the water the lamb has been cooked in.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook kashmiri lamb yakhni (lamb with mint yoghurt curry) using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Kashmiri Lamb Yakhni (Lamb with Mint Yoghurt curry):
  1. Take Lamb prep
  2. Take 500-600 g lamb
  3. Take 3 inch cinnamon stick
  4. Make ready 3-4 cloves
  5. Get 2 Green cardamom
  6. Make ready 1 black cardamom
  7. Make ready 2-3 tsp Fennel (Saunf) powder
  8. Take 2 tsp salt
  9. Take Yogurt prep
  10. Make ready 500-600 g yoghurt
  11. Take 1 tsp Black cardamom powder
  12. Get 4 cloves, crushed
  13. Prepare 5-6 Green cardamoms, crushed
  14. Get 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  15. Make ready 1 tsp cumin (zeera) powder
  16. Get Pinch pepper
  17. Get 2 tbsp crushed mint
  18. Take 3-4 strands saffron (optional)

The curry is all made with yogurt and is enjoyed with rice a lot. Yakhni is a popular dish in Kashmiri cuisine, which is a meat-based curry or broth made using yogurt, saffron and other ingredients. Al Yakhni is just the vegetarian version of it. For the unversed, 'Al' in Kashmiri means bottle gourd (or lauki) and 'yakhni' stands for a yogurt-based gravy.

Steps to make Kashmiri Lamb Yakhni (Lamb with Mint Yoghurt curry):
  1. Mix the lamb with all the lamb prep ingredients in a pressure cooker along with a little more than enough water to submerge all meat.
  2. Cook the lamb for 10 mins on high flame or until soft. The resulting broth should have a rich smell and taste, and you should be able to see animal fat as well.
  3. Whisk the Yoghurt manually or with a mixer to give it a smooth, frothy and consistent texture. Add the saffron strands to it.
  4. This is the MOST IMPORTANT STEP. Start heating the Yoghurt on medium high flame and stir continuously for 10 mins or until the Yoghurt starts boiling. If you stop stirring for even a minute, the Yoghurt will start to transform into cheese, and you will ruin the dish. If that happens, throw it away and start over.
  5. Filter the boiled meat out to separate from its broth.
  6. After the Yoghurt starts boiling, add the pieces of meat along with all spices listed in the Yoghurt prep above. Add 100ml lamb broth from earlier to the mix.
  7. Stir occasionally and let it cook on a medium flame for 20 mins. You should be able to see the oil separate and rise to the top from the sides
  8. If the curry gets too thick, keep adding the broth from earlier to thin it and cook for another 5 mins. Repeat if you want a richer taste.
  9. The dish is ready!! Serve hot with rice and enjoy! You can add the leftover broth to heat the curry if needed for the next meal.

Yakhni dishes are also seen in Greek and Turkish cuisines, but what sets the Kashmiri Yakhni apart is the absence of tomatoes. Certain recipes also avoid onions and garlic since the Kashmiri pundits didn't use those ingredients in their cooking. At a time when almost all Indian curry recipes included turmeric, onions and tomatoes as base ingredients, Yakhni was a class apart sans their addition. Add the remaining oil and ghee to the skillet. Reduce the heat to low and add the whisked yogurt marinade and garam masala.

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