20 June 2025
Flavour-Fused Mutton Akni  

Recipe by Fatima Asif Latif

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 kg of mutton cut and washed.
  • 2 onions diced
  • 2 tins of All Gold peeled and chopped tomato (liquidise)
  • 3 ½ cups basmati rice
  • 4 potatoes peeled.

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a pot, add about ½ cup or more oil. Add onions, 2-3 peppercorns, 2 cinnamon sticks, 2 Elachi (cardamom). Cook till the onion is golden brown.
  2. Add in mutton, 2 teaspoon ginger garlic, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon turmeric and water. Cook for 1 hour.
  3. While meat is cooking in a separate dish mix: 2 ½ teaspoon Dhana, 2 teaspoon Jiro (cumin), 1 teaspoon (or more) fine red chilli powder, 1 teaspoon coarse red chillies, ½ teaspoon turmeric, 2 teaspoon chilli garlic paste, 2 sachets tomato paste, liquidised tomatoes, grounded fresh coriander leaves, 2 tablespoon lemon juice.
  4. Mix and cut potatoes into 3 or 4 pieces, depending on size, and add them to the masala mixture.
  5. Once the meat has cooked for an hour in the masala, bring to a boil.
  6. Preheat oven @ 180° in the meantime.
  7. Then wash rice 3 times and add to the meat and masala with 6-7 cups of water, salt, and red chilli powder.
  8. Once this mixture is boiling and the oven is preheated, put the pot in and steam for an hour, stirring occasionally.

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