Vari Rice And Shengdana Aamati - A Fasting Meal

This is Traditional Maharashtrian fasting meal. Vari Rice and Shengdana Aamati both recipes are very easy and delicious. We made this recipes are during Ashadhi Ekadashi and Fasting days. This is perfect combo meal. 

 Ingredients:

For Shengdana Aamati:

• Roasted peanut powder 1/4th bowl
• Grated fresh coconut 1/2 bowl
• Green chilies 4-5 nos
• Cumin seeds 1 tsp
• Water as per requirement
• Salt as per taste
• Chopped Potatoes 2 nos 

For Vari Rice:

• Vari rice 1/2 kg
• Cumin seeds
• oil
• Ghee
• Water as per requirement
• Salt as per taste.

Recipes:

Shengdana Aamati Recipe:

• Take Roasted peanut powder, Grated fresh coconut, Green chilies, Cumin seeds and Water as per required and Grind they all.

• Take heat oil in a pot, Add cumin seeds, When they are splutter then add chopped potatoes, they are sautéed well.

• Add grinded paste.

• Mix well together and add some water, cook 5-6 min.

• Add water to adjust consistency.
• Bring to boil till 10-12 mins.
• Add salt as per taste.

• Shengdana Aamati is ready.

Vari Rice Recipe:

• Wash Vari Rice and drain out water from rice.
• Take hot oil in a pot, add cumin seeds when they starts crackle then add Vari rice, sautéed them together till rice gets dried. it will takes until 5-6 mins on law flame.
• Add boiling water in sautéed rice.
• Add 2-3 tsp ghee and Salt as per taste  
• Cover it till rice is cooked. You can add little water if it's too dry.
• Vari rice is ready.

• Enjoy Hot Vari rice with Shengdana Amati.