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#WFD – Lamb Akni

Allow to simmer covered on a low heat stirring frequently for 25 minutes until the rice is cooked.

POLOKWANE – Akni is a spicy one-pot Indian rice wonder made with meat, either lamb, chicken or mutton, with flavours resembling that of a breyani.

Ingredients

  1. 15ml sunflower oil
  2. 2 onions, finely chopped
  3. 500g lamb pieces, cubed
  4. 5ml ginger, crushed
  5. 5ml Robertsons Cumin
  6. 1 x KNORR Rice Mate Mild Breyani
  7. 3 potatoes, peeled and cubed
  8. 1 litre water
  9. 1 green chilli, deseeded and chopped
  10. 30ml plain yoghurt
  11. 30ml fresh coriander, chopped

Method

  1. Heat oil in a large pot and fry the onions until soft and golden.
  2. Add the lamb, chilli, crushed ginger, cumin and sachet of seasoning mix found inside the box of KNORR Rice Mate Mild Breyani.
  3. Cover the pot and cook over a medium heat stirring occasionally until the meat is well browned.
  4. Add the sachet of uncooked rice (found inside the box), potatoes and water and stir well.
  5. Bring to boil stirring occasionally then reduce the heat and allow to simmer covered on a low heat stirring frequently for 25 minutes until the rice is cooked.
  6. Stir in the yoghurt and chopped coriander.
  7. Remember the rice will continue to soften on standing.
  8. Tip – the lamb can be replaced with chicken if preferred!

This recipe was provided by What’s for Dinner.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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