Friday, December 18, 2009

KALKANDU PONGAL

Kalkandu pongal

        One of my hubby’s favorite sweet,I make this now and then,so thought of posting here !

Ingredients:

Raw rice 1/2  cup
Paasi paruppu/payatham paruppu/Moong dal 1 tblsp
Sugar and rock sugar/sugar candy(kalkandu) 3/4  cup(together in equal ratio)
Ghee 5-6 tblsp or as per ur wish
Milk 1/4 cup
Elachi 1,powdered
Dried raisins ( I dint add) 1 tblsp
Cashew nut 5-8 nos.
salt A generous pinch

Kalkandu pongal

Method:

  1. Powder the kalkandu and sugar and keep aside.
  2. Kalkandu and sugar powdered
  3. Fry paasi paruppu with a drizzle of ghee till nice aroma comes,in a pressure cooker directly.(You can skip this step as well)
  4. Wash rice and add it along with water,use 1:4 ratio(so I added 2 cups here).
  5. Pressure cook for 4 whistles and after done,mash it by adding milk.
  6. fry dal cooked rice and dal
  7. Keep again the cooker, over heat and add the powdered kalkandu&sugar.
  8. Add powdered sugar and kalkandu keep stirring in medim low heat
  9. Keep stirring adding ghee in between,for 5-8 minutes in medium low heat.
  10.  Done!
  11. Add elachi lastly and fry the cashews and raisins in ghee and mix in to the pongal and serve hot!

 

Kalkandu pongal

50 Stars(comments):

LG said...

ahaaa...delicious! it looks. Shall I come over?

lata raja said...

You don't even need to powder the kalkandu RAKS adhuvae karainjudum!! Delicious and with such an inviting click, who wouldn't ask for another helping???

Sushma Mallya said...

wow what a beautiful click raks...supberb and delicious pongal..its like ages i havent prepared it...urs is looking so tempting that i got to try out this one soon

Divya Vikram said...

I make kalkandu saatham almost the same way! Sinfully yummy!

jayasri said...

well, reminds me of old times, my sis-in-law taught me this, looks so delicious, I used to do it as lata said, I used collect lot of kalkandu going to shardamba temple, and Of course no need to say, beautiful click, so inviting..

Nags said...

if rightly made, pongal can be the best food on earth! i am not very good at it, my two attempts were just mediocre..

Sreelekha Sumesh said...

Yummmyyy..so beautiful pics and delicious!

Pari said...

The click invites me to try this right now.

Sharmilee! :) said...

Wow looks great,kalkandu in pongal is a great idea am sure it wud taste great!

Priya said...

Wow Raks mouthwatering dish, i never grounded kalkandu, my mom used to add them directly..tempting click dear..

jayasree said...

Mouthwatering pics...

shaliniv said...

sinfully yummmmmmm......
a few strands of saffron and it would make the dish look ROYAL!!!

Chitra said...

Very nice..Looks yummy !

Aruna Manikandan said...

Love this Pongsl.
Going to give a try soon...

Tina said...

Soooo tempting dear..Never tried this..Looks yummyyy.

Kitchen Flavours said...

Wow...that looks extremely yum....

Sarah Naveen said...

Beautiful pic..Looks like its right in front of me...yummy yummmm

Shri said...

Gorgeous click(1st one).Mouthwatering!

A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine said...

Absolutely delicious, beautiful click.

Happy cook said...

I remember eating those suagar just like thatwhen i was at home.
Looks yumm.

Preeti Kashyap said...

very nice recipe....shd try out...looks yum!

Pavithra said...

Mmmmmmmmm lovely click and I love it so much. I guess Even god love this fantastic mouthwatering prasadam.

Cham said...

That is a pure bliss if we have hot! Pretty much like kalkandu sadam, beautiful ....

Priya Narasimhan said...

lovely photos..this used to be my fav too though the recipe is a bit different..will try to veganise it.

Priya said...

luks perfect...I luv the way u add milk and dal..i m gonna try this

Sailaja Damodaran said...

Congrats once again & thanks for the feast......visualy taken a cup not a spoon......yummy

kothiyavunu said...

Looks so yummy, its been a while anybody mentioned kalkandu pongal to me...lovely sweet.

Uma said...

omg, what a tempting pongal! Beautiful click!!

Sumathi said...

Looks delicious and tempting.. Great clicking..

Shobana senthilkumar said...

Raks...pongal super....really tempts me a lot:)

Anu said...

Very nice recipe.. Nice click..

Dershana said...

very nice!

Prathibha said...

loooks sinfully delicious dear..never knew that kalakand can be addded to this sweet...

SE(Denufood) said...

very tempting.. i must say...gr8 click

my kitchen said...

Pongal rommba nalla vanthirukku

vidhas said...

Yummy kalkandu pongal!!!

Asusual great click.

Malar Gandhi said...

I love kalkandu pongal...they are delicious.

Such a wonderful click, looks so yummm:)

Dolly said...

Delicious Pongal. Beautiful Click.

Ammu said...

Nice click. Delicious & yum :)

Mythreyi Dilip said...

Oh, i wanted to try this pongal for very long time. Looks so pure and rich, thanks for the recipe. Drool worthy one:)

Cilantro said...

Amma made this often. It tastes different when made with plain sugar, I have kalkandu with me and should try soon. Amma added the whole kalkandu and never powdered them.

Gita said...

Pongal looks so yummy Raks...wonderful presentation :)

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

absolutely delicious.. looks soooo good raks. its my fav too.

Bharathy said...

Comment podaleye Ozhiye annikke pannitten...Book Mark! :)

Bharathy said...

Choc cookie romba easy..nane first time attempt..in fact sis got me the chip from Singapore only...:)

Soma said...

Raks

Happy Holidays & Happy New year to you and your loved ones.

Soma(www.ecurry.com)

Anupama said...

Raks, the pongal looks too good.. I've only had this at temples so far

Mangala Bhat said...

Ahaaa! Love it ..pics r mindblowing amazingly fantastic...bookmarked !

Silpa said...

wow11 yummy. i love this dish my mom used to do this on every Friday.

Recipe world said...

Wow, super delicious pongal to celebrate the festival! Wish you Happy Pongal dear..

Cheers!
Vani

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