Yakhni recipes ..

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Hi All ,

So I hear that yakhni is really good , specially for internal wound healing ..

Please can you guys share your recipe of a good Yakhni.

Also , I find it difficult to drink yakhni on its own so I am wondering how various soups can be created out of it without hindering its healing properties .. any recipes anyone?

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CB! I can give you 100 recipes! I make soup almost every second day during fall-winter seasons. Kids love it!

OK lemme start with basic yakhni that I make loads of and freeze in batches.

  • one full chicken cut and skinned.
  • one large stock pot
  • one large onion roughly chopped
  • one whole garlic bulb. roughly chop the cloves of garlic.
  • 4 inch piece of ginger, grated
  • 2 carrots washed and cut into chunks
  • 2 celery sticks washed and cut
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • a couple of bay leaves

now if you're going to make desi style yakhni, then add whole garam masala spices and a little saunf. But if you'll be making other soups then skip that.

Put everything in the pot, add lots of water and cook on high until it comes to a boil. The simmer on med until it reduces to half and the chicken is falling off the bones. Now drain and squeeze out all the juices from the bones and veggies. I use a stainless steel colander. Wear gloves or use clean hands to do that or a potato masher.

Now keep the stock aside. This is your basic yakhni. Typically, the desi yakhni doesn't have the veggies other than the onions, and you add the garam masala.

Here's one of my kids' favorite soup:

So I bring the stock to a boil, add a few chopped veggies such as carrots, cabbage, green onions. Press some dried oregano in my palms and pour into the pot. Add a handful of spaghetti noodles and let them cook in the boiling stock. Once the noodles are al dente, the soup is done. This is the most delicious and very nutritious soup.

Another variation, add creamed corn and chicken pieces, thicken with cornstarch, pour a beaten egg.

Or add shredded cabbage and carrots, green onions chopped, egg, vinegar, soy sauce and hot sauce.

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:yummy:

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Nikki, thanks ever so much mate , really really appreciate it ..

A few questions :

  • The yakhni that women drink after delivery is it the chicken stock or the lamb stock? or are both good for internal healing?

  • As was advised by friends to prepare loads in advance and freeze it , does it defrost well? coz usually when i have put some in the fridge it starts looking like thin gelatine ..

  • When you look at freezing yakhni and are making loads of it in one go, what do you do with all the meat? coz the meat doesnt have any more taste of its own , hai na? can it be frozen separately to use in pulao may ?

  • Is best yakhni obtained with slow simmering, or can I use a pressure cooker for faster cooking of yakhni? At the moment I use pressure cooker, it sort of makes a good yakhni for lamb pulao ..

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U only share one and it was really great, will be trying it soon, but i wanna know all 99 recipes please :@:

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You can always make cutlets with the boiled chicken or use it as filling in sandwiches or topping for pizzas. making chicken and potato cutlets with it will be the best thing to do anyway :yummy: again those cutlets can be spicy or salty your choice.

lamb yakhni is your thing if you are talking about internal strength. I dont think the broiler chicken stock could be of any good until you can have a and on some desi chooza kina thing, which I really doubt you could. rear a chicken at home for that maybe :barbie:

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I just confirmed it from mom and she says the broiler chicken yakhni is no good :frowning:
lamb yakhni, if anything :k:

come over to pakistan :hugz:

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ohh dear .. so that means i am sort of stuck with lamb then :frowning:

Chooza’s are too cute to be eaten , I refuse to eat chooza’s :snooty:

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lol its not about eating chooza’s. The yakhni made of it, or even the meat itself, is best for internal healing and strength, the desi chooza’s specifically. And its the jawan version of these chooza’s that the world is mad after, unanimously. :silly:

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:frowning: .. ok , when we eat the murgi, I dont feel guilty , but chooza’s? they should be given the right to enjoy life at least until they grow up, no? poor them , specially the ones born desi , they get eaten just coz they are desi chooza’s :crying:

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^ they are Allah’s blessing the way they are super good for medical reasons. I think that suffices :barbie: Whatever is made halal by Allah is a blessing for us alhamdolillah :slight_smile:

I wish I could send you some desi chooza’s for yakhni. Are you sure you cant get them anywhere from where you live? :hinna: Desi murghi is religiously good for what you are looking for.

And dont confine to the yakhni in drinkable form only. You will be consuming this patla shorba with haldi and black pepper along with slice or roti for pediatric reasons. :@:

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i used to put yakhni in bowl n roti pieces soaked in it then ate with spoon.......

was telling my husband we used to give this type of khana to our pet animal:D

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lol Akmoti .. thats how i remember my hostel warden gave me food once when i was very ill and had nobody to look after me .. but not in yakhni, she would do a really thin lentil soup and soak roti pieces in it :cb:

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this is a very useful desi totka akmoti :k: Note it CB!!!

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Niksik,

Do you throw the chicken and veggies after you make basic yakhni?