Akhni a Bengali term for a kind of perfume water made by boiling several spices in a bundle until the original volume of water is reduced to a third. Akhni or this perfume water is used to cook the rice for a Pulao. The Bengali people refers to an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal which is now divided between Bangladesh and India in South Asia.

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