Authentic Afghani pulao

Ingredients

• 4 cups sella rice (measuring cup)
• 1 kg mutton with bones
• 4 onions sliced
• 1 garlic bulb
• 1 tspn grinded garam masala
• 1 tspn whole (sabut) garam masala
• 2-3 grinded green chillies
• 3-4 star anise flower dried (baadiyan ka phool)
• 2 carrots Julian cut
• Half cup raisin (kishmish)
• 2-3 tbspn butter
• Salt to taste
• Water for making yakhni
• 2 tbspn sugar
• Half cup oil for cooking

Steps

1. First of all in a big pot add mutton,water, one garlic bulb 🧄 peeled and whole garam masala and salt cook the meat until tender for 1 hour
2. Then separate the meat and yukhni in a bowl
3. Now in separate pot add oil and sliced onion make it light golden
4. Then add cooked meat and grinded green chillies paste and grinded garam masala stir it all together cook for 1 minute
5. Then add rice and 5 cups yakhni for 4 cups of rice you have to add 5 cups of yakhni which we made before
6. Now put on dum for 10 minutes before putting on dum in a separate frying pan add 2 tbspn butter and 1 tbspn oil and 2 tbspn of sugar saute the carrots and raisin
7. Add half of the carrots and raisin on dum and rest some for garnishing
8. Now after 10 minutes simmer open the lid toss all the rice and serve hot sprinkle some remaining raisin and carrots and peeled almonds for garnishing
9. Enjoy hot Afghani pulao with green raita