Broth or stew
Yakhni Beef yahnia in North Macedonia
Alternative names Yahni, yahnia, jahni, yakhna, yakhnia, iahnie Type stock ,broth , orsoup Main ingredients lamb meat or mutton meat
Yakhni (Persian :یخنی ,[ 1] Arabic :يخني ,Urdu :یخنی ,Hindi :यख़नी ,Greek :γιαχνί [ 2] yahni (Turkish [ 3] yahniya (Bulgarian :яхния ,Serbian ,Macedonian :јанија ),jahni (Albanian [ 4] South Asia , theMiddle East and theBalkans .[ 5] [ 6]
A meat stew namedyakhni originated as aMedieval Iranian cuisine. The name derives from the covered clay pot in which it was originally cooked.[ 5] Persian word is "store of food".[ 5] [ 1] Afghanistan ,Uzbekistan and much later toSouth Asia and westwards to theOttoman Empire reaching theLevant ,Egypt ,Libya , and theBalkans .[ 5]
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The wordyakhni (Ottoman Turkish :یخنی ) was borrowed into Ottoman Turkish fromFarsi .[ 7] James Redhouse defined the word in his 1890 English-Ottoman Turkish as a "stew of fish or meat".[ 8] yakhni (Arabic :يخني ) was loaned from Turkish.[ 9] [ 6]
InIranian cuisine ,yakhni is a meat stew akin tokhoresh , whileyakhni-polow is apilaf cooked in a stew.[ 5]
InArab ,Albanian ,Greek , andTurkish cuisines , it is astew of meat, fish, or vegetables in a browned-onion base withtomatoes andolive oil .[ 5] [ 10] [ 5] Bulgarian cuisine , sunflower oil is used instead of olive oil.
In theArab World , yakhni typically accompanies rice orbulgur .[ 11] [ 12] [ 10] Gazan yakhni is traditionally served withmaftoul .[ 13]
In the northernIndian subcontinent ,yakhni refers tostock orbroth of beef, chicken, lamb or mutton.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] pilaf ) and othershorbas (soups).[citation needed InKashmiri cuisine , yakhni is a light, yogurt-based meat dish, usually made with mutton or chicken. Flavored with fennel, ginger, and cardamom. It is commonly served with rice.[ 18]
InBangladesh ,akhni is a mixed rice dish and variant of thebiryani andpolao dishes.
A version of the dish is also part of theRomani cuisine.[ 19]
InRomanian cuisine , the termiahnie de fasole refers to a style ofbaked beans , often cooked or served with smoked meat and sausages (fasole cu cârnați ).
Plate of Greek food: yakhni at top center, with pork souvlaki below, mousaka (bottom left) and rice pilaf (bottom right)
Yakhni from kashmir
Potato yahnia
Veal yahni served with rice
Turkish chickpea yahni
Romanian bean yahni served with sausages
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