Kalkandu / Rock sugar Pongal with an Award.
Hi friends,
My first post of this year with a lovely award from Anncoo.
Decided to start with a sweet...
Thank u very much Anncoo for this lovely award :-)
Love to share with u all. Please kindly accept it
Here comes the recipe........
For this pongal you need
Raw Rice – 1 cup
Moong Dal – ¼ cup
Milk – 3 cups
Kalkandu / Rock Sugar – ¾ cup
1 tsp. of crushed Cardamom
A pinch of colouring powder
5 tsp. of ghee.
Few nos. of cashews (Roast them in ghee and keep it aside)
Preparation
Wash Rice and Dal.
In the pressure cooker along with rice, dal,one cup of water and milk, cook them well in a low flame.
(If the rice is not cooked well. Then when you are adding in the Kalkandu syrup, they will not mix well they will stand separate. So make sure the rice is cooked well).
In a pan,add the kalkandu with sufficient water and keep stirring until it dissolves completely.
Now add the well cooked rice to it .
Add the crushed cardamom along with the kesari powder and 4 tsp. of ghee and mix them well.
Until you get a thick consistency, keep stirring…
Finally garnish them with cashews.

Hi friends,
My first post of this year with a lovely award from Anncoo.
Decided to start with a sweet...
Thank u very much Anncoo for this lovely award :-)
Love to share with u all. Please kindly accept it
Here comes the recipe........
For this pongal you need
Raw Rice – 1 cup
Moong Dal – ¼ cup
Milk – 3 cups
Kalkandu / Rock Sugar – ¾ cup
1 tsp. of crushed Cardamom
A pinch of colouring powder
5 tsp. of ghee.
Few nos. of cashews (Roast them in ghee and keep it aside)
Preparation
Wash Rice and Dal.
In the pressure cooker along with rice, dal,one cup of water and milk, cook them well in a low flame.
(If the rice is not cooked well. Then when you are adding in the Kalkandu syrup, they will not mix well they will stand separate. So make sure the rice is cooked well).
In a pan,add the kalkandu with sufficient water and keep stirring until it dissolves completely.
Now add the well cooked rice to it .
Add the crushed cardamom along with the kesari powder and 4 tsp. of ghee and mix them well.
Until you get a thick consistency, keep stirring…
Finally garnish them with cashews.
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Mouthwatering pongal, looks tempting!
Congrats on ur award Aruna:)
Kalkandu pongal sounds interesting, sweet way to start the New Year. Will try this recipe for upcoming Pongal festive.........
New Year started with Sweet!! Wish you all the best Aruna :)
Mouthwatering and yummyyyy....
Looks really delicious.
Happy Pongal to every readers of this blog
Cheers
prasad from 365greetings
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Awesome delicacy to start the new year with... Yum! & Congrats too...Make space for many more....
Thanks for sharing it with me.....:-)
Ash...
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)
Happy new Year. Thanks for dropping by!
Thanks for all ur lovely comments !!!!!!!!!
Looks super delicious.
Never tasted this pongal,sounds yum,thanx for sharing,lov pongals...
Mouthwatering...never made or tasted.
Congrats Aruna! Mouthwatering Pongal...looks yumm
mouthwatering and yummy....
looks absolutely delicious. Congrats on the award.
Belated wishes for a happy new year 2010 to you and your family :)
Mouthwatering pongal....yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yummy this looks delicious,looks like a variation of rice pudding/kheer .Lovely picture too.
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