noun
mixed rice casserole; rice with meat/fish and vegetables
A home-style Japanese dish of rice cooked with various ingredients such as chicken, fish, and vegetables, similar to takikomi gohan. The term is especially common in the Kansai region.
See also: 加薬飯
今夜はかやくご飯にしよう。
Let's have mixed rice casserole tonight.
母のかやくご飯は具だくさんでおいしい。
My mother's mixed rice is full of ingredients and delicious.
Rare kanji form with kana ごはん; not a standard spelling.
Takikomi gohan is the standard term for seasoned rice cooked with ingredients; かやくご飯 is a regional synonym, more common in Kansai.
From 加薬 (kayaku, 'added ingredients', originally a term for medicinal additives) + ご飯 (gohan, 'rice'). The word 加薬 itself is rarely used in modern Japanese outside this compound.