Delicious sweet pongal made with kalkandu. This kalkandu pongal is melt in mouth and taste so delicious.
Kalkandu Pongal Recipe
I used to be little anxious that i didn’t post any latest recipes for pongal this yr. At all times desired to make something latest this pongal, but by some means i could not find time to make. This morning when i woke up, i used to be stubborn to make something and guess what i made not one but two recipes for this pongal.
About Kalkandu Pongal Recipe
Kalkandu pongal is a white pongal during which the pongal made with rice and moong dal is sweetened with palm candy | kalkandu.
I saw this pongal recipe in quite a couple of blogs, and that i desired to try it so badly. So i gave it a shot and it got here out quite good. For me it tasted like sarkarai pongal in white form. However the taste was so good, everyone loved it. And when i used to be shooting this, my sister brought maha. As you’ll be able to see she has began grabbing things:)

Ingredients for Kalkandu Pongal
- Raw Rice / Pacharisi
- Milk
- Kalkandu / Sugar Candy
- Cardamom Powder / Yelakai Podi
- Ghee
- Cashew
- Kishmish / Sultanas

Kalkandu Pongal Preparation
- Take kalkandu in a mixer and powder it finely.Put aside till use.
- Take raw rice in a bowl and wash it well. Drain the water and take the rice in pressure cooker. Add milk to it, cook this for five whistle, simmer the flame and cook for 10 mins. Now turn off the warmth and let the pressure go all by itself. Open the pressure cooker and blend the rice with a spoon.
- Put this cooker back on heat and reduce the flame to a low.
- Add Powdered kalkadu to the new rice and blend well. Keep this on low flame and blend well. Cook till the combination is thick.
- Melt some ghee in a kadai and fry some cashews and sultanas.
- Now add within the fried nuts and cardamom powder to the rice and blend well.
- Serve hot.
📖 Recipe

Kalkandu Pongal Recipe
Delicious sweet pongal made with kalkandu. This kalkandu pongal is melt in mouth and taste so delicious.
Notes
1)For those who cannot find raw rice, you should utilize any rice you want.
2) Adjust the sweet level as you want.
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Kalkandu Pongal with Step by Step Pictures
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| Take all of your ingredients |
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| That is the rice which is traditionally used, it is known as as raw rice or pacharisi |
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| Wash it well |
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| Add to pressure cooker |
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| Cover with milk |
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| Pressure cook |
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| Take kalkandu in mixer |
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| Now the rice is completed |
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| Add in powder kalkandu |
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| Melt some ghee in kadai |
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| Add in cashews and sultanas |
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| Fry them till golden |
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| Now add cardamom powder to rice |
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| Add the fried nuts |
If you might have any questions not covered on this post and should you need assistance, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.
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