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Kalkandu Pongal Recipe | Sugar Candy Pongal

Posted on January 3, 2018 Category: Ganesh Chathurthi Recipes, Gokulashtami Recipes, Indian Festival Recipes, Karthigai Deepam Recipes, Navaratri Recipes

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I am starting this New year with a simple yet delicious sweet recipe sugar candy pongal. It is comparatively easier to the usual chakkara pongal as there is no melting and filtering jaggery is needed here. In my home town Trichy, whenever we go to Thiruvanaikaval – Jambukeswarar Temple, we never miss to buy this pongal and I can bet they make the best one, it tastes so divine. But this version of kalkandu pongal recipe that I have shared here is also taste equally good. Ok, let’s go to the preparation.

Wish all my viewers a Happy and prosperous New Year 2018.

Check out my other Makar Sankranthi Recipes 
1. Tamarind Rice
2. Ulundhu Vadai
3. Sago Kheer 
4. Panakam Recipe
5. Barnyard Millet Curd Rice

Sugar Candy Pongal Recipe 1

Sugar Candy Pongal Recipe

Kalkandu Pongal Recipe 1

Kalkandu Pongal Recipe | Sugar Candy Pongal

Priya Santhamohan
Kalkandu Pongal Recipe / Sugar Candy Pongal is easier to the usual chakkara pongal as there is no melting and filtering jaggery is needed here.
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Course Dessert, Sweet
Cuisine South Indian
Servings 3 People

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 Cup Raw Rice
  • 2 tbsp Moong Dal
  • 1/2 to 3/4 Cup Sugar Candy / Kalkandu
  • 1.5 + 1/2 Cup Boiled Milk
  • 3 tbsp Ghee Link for Homemade Ghee
  • 10 Cashews
  • 10 Raisins
  • 2 Cardamom

Instructions
 

  • In a pan, add 1 tsp of ghee and roast moong dal till golden colour.
  • Rinse the rice well. Then pressure cook rice and moong dal with 1.5 cup of milk for 4 to 5 whistles.
  • To a dry mixer, add sugar candy and powder it.
  • To the cooked rice, pour the remaining 1/2 cup of milk and add powdered sugar candy.
  • Then mash the rice slightly and transfer it to a pan. Mix everything well and cook for 2 minutes in low flame.
  • Now add ghee and give a stir. Fry cashews, raisins and cardamom in ghee till golden colour.
  • Then add the fried cashews, raisins, cardamom and mix everything well. Switch off flame, when the pongal is in slight flowing consistency itself, as it thickens with time.
    Delicious sugar candy pongal is ready.
Keyword Kalkandu Pongal Recipe, Sugar Candy Pongal

 

Method

1. In a pan, add 1 tsp of ghee and roast moong dal till golden colour.
Kalkandu Pongal Recipe Steps1
2. Rinse the rice well. Then pressure cook rice and moong dal with 1.5 cup of milk for 4 to 5 whistles.
Kalkandu Pongal Recipe Steps2
3. To a dry mixer, add sugar candy and powder it.
Kalkandu Pongal Recipe Steps3
4. To the cooked rice, pour the remaining 1/2 cup of milk and add powdered sugar candy.
Sugar Candy Pongal Recipe Steps4
5. Then mash the rice slightly and transfer it to a pan. Mix everything well and cook for 2 minutes in low flame.
Sugar Candy Pongal Recipe Steps5
6. Now add ghee and give a stir. Fry cashews, raisins and cardamom in ghee till golden colour.
Sugar Candy Pongal Recipe Steps6
7. Then add the fried cashews, raisins, cardamom and mix everything well. Switch off flame, when the pongal is in slight flowing consistency itself, as it thickens with time.
Kalkandu Pongal Recipe Steps7
Delicious sugar candy pongal is ready.

 

Sugar Candy Pongal Recipe

Sugar Candy Pongal Recipe

Tips

1. This kalkandu Pongal recipe can be prepared with rice alone, but with moong dal, it tastes too good.
2. Roasting moong dal is optional, but it adds a nice aroma to the sugar candy Pongal.
3. Rice can be pressure cooked with an equal quantity of milk and water also.
4. I used milk only for cooking rice, as it adds more creaminess to the sadam.
5. You can use the equal measurement of regular sugar and sugar candy also.
6. Sugar candy can be added directly to the cooked rice (step 5) and heat till it melts.
7. For more flavour, 1 pinch of nutmeg powder / edible camphor/saffron can also be used.
8. Use good quality ghee and don’t reduce the quantity as it lends softness and taste.

Kalkandu Pongal Recipe

Kalkandu Pongal Recipe

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