Chicken akni has stayed popular in South African homes because it offers the comfort of a slow-cooked meal without requiring hours in the kitchen.
When the weather turns cold, many South African kitchens return to the same trusted comfort meals. A good chicken akni recipe is one of them.
Akni is a classic Cape Malay rice dish that sits somewhere between a curry and a breyani.
You get fragrant basmati rice, tender chicken, warming spices and potatoes, all cooked together in a single pot.
The big advantage is that you skip the layering and extra steps that make breyani more time-consuming.
