Sakhannam / Vegetable Rice / Veg Rice for Festival

Ingredients

• 1 cup Rice
• 1/4 cup chopped Seema Vankaya ( Chow Chow)
• 3 Green Chillies chop lengthwise
• 1/4 cup chopped Dondakayalu( Ivy Gourd)
• 1/4 cup chopped Vankaya (Brinjal)
• 1/4 cup chopped Carrot
• 1/4 cup chopped Potato
• 1/4 cup chopped Beans
• 2" inches Dalchini/Cinnamon Stick
• 4 Cloves/Lavangalu
• 3 Elaichi Pods
• 4 sp Oil
• 1 sp Ghee
• Salt
• Curry Leaves

Instructions

1. Clean, wash rice and keep it aside, heat oil in a pressure pan add cloves, dalchini, elaichi and fry for a min, then add curry leaves, green chillies and fry for 30 secs min.
2. Next add chopped vegetables and fry for a couple of mins, now add rice and stir, add 2 cups of water, salt and mix it well. Close the lid and cook on medium flame for 3 whistles.
3. Then turn off the flame and allow it cool, once cooled remove the lid add ghee and mix well, Transfer into a serving bowl, now sakhannam is ready for naivedyam.
4. We offer this dish to Goddess Saraswathi Devi during Navaratri days.