Kalkandu pongal/ kalkandu sadam. Kalkandu Sakkara / Chakkarai Pongal recipe. This is a very easy recipe for making pongal using Kalkandu (rock sugar). The addition of milk makes the dish so creamy!
You can enjoy it warm or chilled.
As it cools, this pongal will thicken.
Instant Pot Kalkandu Sadam is a festival special sweet rice recipe prepared with sugar candy, rice, and milk, popularly known as Kalkandu Sadam or Kalkandu Pongal.
You can have Kalkandu pongal/ kalkandu sadam using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Kalkandu pongal/ kalkandu sadam
- It's 1 cup of Raw rice/pacharisi.
- You need 1 1/2 cup of Kalkandu/rock sugar.
- You need Pinch of Pacha Karpooram/edible camphor.
- You need 5-10 of Cashews.
- Prepare 5 of Raisins.
- Prepare 5-6 tbsp of Ghee.
- Prepare 2 of cardamom.
- You need 2 cup of milk.
- You need 2 cup of water.
Kalkandu Pongal Recipe with step by step. Celebrate Pongal with this delicious Kalkandu Pongal Recipe - a dish made with sugar rocks and rice. Kalkandu pongal (Kalkandu Sadam) - The name itself makes my mouth water… I love anything sweet and sakkarai pongal is my fav so was bowled out by the idea of making pongal using sugar candy(kalkandu)…. And yes it turned out very delicious.
Kalkandu pongal/ kalkandu sadam instructions
- In a pressure cooker add washed raw rice, cardamom and a pinch of edible camphor.Now add water and milk. Pressure cook rice for 4 -5 whistles in medium flame. Pacha Karpooram gives the authentic divine aroma to this recipe..
- Mash the rice well, add powdered kalkandu and ghee. Mix well and cook the rice for some more minutes on stove..
- Powdered kalkandu melts on heat, so the texture become watery, it will thicken when warm. After the rice is cooked, fry the cashews and raisins in ghee and added to the rice..
- Now the delicious kalkandu pongal is ready to serve hot. Note: Rice and water ratio is differ from each other because of the type and quality of the rice used. When the cooked rice is sticky add more warm milk,mix well and serve..
The recipe is almost same as milk pongal. கற்கண்டு பொங்கல்/கல்கண்டு பொங்கல்/kalkangu pongal/kalkandu sadam/kalkandubath/கல்கண்டு சாதம் от : Geetha Kitchen In this video kalkandu pongal is made with raw rice and sugar candy in cooker. Kalkandu sadam has a unique taste. I had a recipe in my cook book which was waiting for me to try. Akkaravadisal and Kalkandu Sadam are almost same,both are milk based sweets,only difference is that we add jaggery and dal in Akkaravadisal but in kalkandu sadam,we add only Kalkandu. Kalkandu sadam is less sweet and mild taste when compared to Akkaravadisal.
