Nisha and Nishanth's Culinary Debacles

Yakhni pulav used to be one of my favorite dishes as a child. I saw the shan punjabi yakhni pulao masala and decided to try it out and it came out pretty good. I tried it with chicken instead of beef or mutton. All one needs to do is follow the instructions on the packet. Theres a video on youtube for making yakhni pulav using shan yakhni pulav masala http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_1SzVjotYY http://www.omindiaplaza.com/shan-shan-punjabi-yakhni-pulao-p-1923.html The thing i did different was not strain out the spices from the stock but in hind sight i think it is better to strain out the spices. Personally, since i love the peppercorns i would put them back in. Definitely worth trying for first timers like me wanting to replicate the taste of yakhni pulav!

Ingredients: 1/2 kg boneless meat to be boiled with 3/4 tsp ginger 3/4 tsp garlic 3/4 tsp green chillies grounded 1 small onion minced Boil meat till tender and 1 cup of soup remains Strain and keep meat aside 1 tsp jeera 1/2 tsp pepper powder 2 tblsp tomato sauce 1 tblsp chopped kothmir and a big capsicum chopped 3 tblsp ghee 3 eggs, 1 hard boiled egg 2 snall tomatoes sliced 1 tblsp chilli sauce 100 gms boiled macaroni For white sauce: 1 tblsp flour, 1 tblsp butter, 1 cup milk, 1 cup soup Method: Melt butter, add 1 tsp jeera, brown flour slightly. Add milk gradually and make the thick sauce. Add capscicum . Finally, add soup and stir till thick. To this add the sauces, pepper powder and kothmir. Now mix in the boiled macaroni and meat. Prepare the "dhaba" by pouring 1 tsp ghee at the bottom of a jelly mould. Place cellophane paper over it 1) Pour 1 tblsp ghee over cellophane paper 2) Pout 1 egg beaten over this 3) Pour meat mixture over this 4) Sprinkle hard boiled egg over ...