Alternative names | Yahni, yahnia, jahni, yakhna, yakhnia, iahnie |
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Type | stock, broth, or soup |
Main ingredients | lamb meat or mutton meat |
Yakhni (Persian: یخنی,[1] Arabic: يخني, Urdu: یخنی, Hindi: यख़नी, Greek: γιαχνί[2]), yahni (Turkish[3]), or yahniya (Bulgarian: яхния, Serbian, Macedonian: јанија), jahni (Albanian[4]) is a class of dishes traditionally prepared in a vast area encompassing South Asia, the Middle East and the Balkans.[5]