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Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe is given below with step-by-step instructions and important tips to make a tasty Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe.

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Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe is a healthy, tasty and delicious South Indian sweet recipe. You can easily make this Kalkandu Sadam recipe within 30 minutes and serve it as breakfast, dessert or even as a snack recipe. The Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe is given below with step-by-step instructions and important tips to make a tasty Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe.

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What is Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe?

Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe is a healthy, tasty, delicious and traditional South Indian sweet recipe made as a substitute for Sweet Pongal Recipe/Sakkarai Pongal Recipe. Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe is typically served as a Prasadam in Temples and also served on festivals like Pongal, Diwali and Navratri.

Kalkandu Sadam/Kalkandu Pongal, as the name says, this recipe is specifically flavoured with the unique Indian sweetener known as Kalkandu in Tamil, Mishri in Hindi and Sugar Candy or Rock Sugar in English.

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All right, let's move on to Kalkandu Sadam Ingredients/Kalkandu Pongal Ingredients followed by the Kalkandu Sadam Recipe and important tips to make a tasty Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe.

Kalkandu Sadam Ingredients/Kalkandu Pongal Ingredients

Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe is a tasty and delicious sweet recipe made with Raw rice and kalkandu/sugar candy/mishri as the main ingredients and flavoured with ghee, cashew nuts, raisins and saffron. Kalkandu Sadam Recipe also includes milk as the flavouring ingredient for a rich creamy Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe.

How to make Kalkandu Sadam Recipe?/How to make Kalkandu Pongal Recipe?

Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe is a healthy, tasty and delicious South Indian sweet recipe. You can easily make this Kalkandu Sadam recipe within 30 minutes and serve it as breakfast, dessert or even as a snack recipe.

Cuisine - South Indian
Serving - 5
Timing - 30 minutes

INGREDIENTS

Raw Rice - 1 cup
Kalkandu/Mishri/Sugar Candy - 1 1/2 cups
Milk - 1 cup
Water - 2 cups
Ghee/Clarified Butter - 1/4 cup
Saffron - a pinch
Cashew nuts - 10
Raisins - 8
Salt - a pinch

INSTRUCTIONS

1. To begin making the Kalkandu Sadam Recipe - Firstly, clean and wash the raw rice and keep all the ingredients ready.

2. To Cook - In a pressure cooker and washed rice, milk, water, and 1 teaspoon of ghee mix well. Close the lid and cook for 4 whistles.

3. Remove from heat and allow pressure to reduce gradually.

4. To Grind - Meanwhile, in a mixer grinder add kalkandu/mishri/sugar candy and grind it to a fine powder.

5. Now open the cooker and return to heat over a moderate flame.

6. Add powdered kalkandu/sugar candy/mishri and cook until it dissolves and is mixed well with the rice. remove from the heat.

7. To Fry- Heat ghee in a pan and add cashew nuts fry until golden and then add raisins and fry for a few seconds.

8. Now add rice, salt and saffron stir well and cook for 1-2 minutes. Turn off the flame.

9. Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe is ready.

You can serve Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe as a Prasadam, breakfast, dessert or even as a substitute for Sakkarai Pongal/Sweet Pongal.

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Important tips to make a tasty Kalkandu Sadam Recipe/Kalkandu Pongal Recipe

1. Always use full-cream milk/full-fat milk for this recipe for a rich and creamy taste of kalkandu sadam.

2. Kalkandu sadam/Kalkandu pongal needs a good amount of ghee. So use accordingly.

3. You can use any type of Kalkandu/Mishri/Sugar Candy in this recipe.

4. You can increase or decrease the level of sweetness in this recipe.

5. Do not forget to add saffron to the recipe. Because saffron adds a mild yellow hue to this recipe.

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