Yakhni

Yakhni , yahni (Turkish), or yahniya (Bulgarian: яхния, Serbian, Macedonian: јанија), jahni (Albanian) is a class of dishes traditionally prepared in a vast area encompassing South Asia, the Middle East and the Balkans. A meat stew named yakhni originated as a Medieval Iranian cuisine. The name derives from the covered clay pot in which it was originally cooked. The meaning of the Persian word is "store of food". Different varieties of this dish later spread eastwards to Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and South Asia and westwards to the Ottoman Empire reaching the Levant and the Balkans. In Iranian cuisine, yakhni is a meat stew akin to khoresh, while yakhni-polow is a pilaf cooked in a stew.

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