A traditional sweet dish made during Pongal festival. This dish is made with sugar candy (kalkandu). If you prefer less sweet, then reduce the quantity of Kalkandu to 3/4 cup. Check out some of the different pongal recipes below.
Sweet Rice Pongal
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Semiya Pongal
Difficulty: EasyThis breakfast dish is made with Vermicelli (Semiya) and served with Gosthu or coconut Chutney.
Kalkandu Pongal
Difficulty: EasyA traditional sweet dish made during pongal festival. This dish is made with sugar candy (kalkandu)
Pineapple Sweet Pongal
Difficulty: EasyThis version of Pongal (rice) dish is made with pineapple and served as dessert.
Kalkandu Pongal
Course: SweetsCuisine: Indian, TamilDifficulty: Easy5
servings5
minutes15
minutesA traditional sweet dish made during pongal festival. This dish is made with sugar candy (kalkandu)
Ingredients
Raw Rice – 1 cup
Kalkandu (Sugar Candy) – 1 cup
Milk – 1 cup
Water – 2 cups
Ghee – 1 to 2 tablespoons
Cardamom powder – a pinch
Raisins – few
Cashew nuts – few
Directions
- In a pressure cooker add the rice, milk and water. Then pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles.
- Remove the pressure cooker from the oven and let it cool. Once it has cooled down, remove the lid from the cooker and mash the cooked rice.
- Add kalkandu and cook it in low flame. (You can add the kalkandu as it is if it is small size, if it is bigger size, then powder it and add). Keep the flame on and stir and cook until the kalkandu blends well with the rice.
- Add a tablespoon of ghee and mix well.
- Fry cashew nuts and raisins in a tablespoon of ghee and add it to the pongal.
- Finally add the cardamom powder and mix it well and remove.
Notes
- If you want less sweet, then reduce the quantity of Kalkandu to 3/4 cup.