Thursday, December 1, 2011

Kalkandu Bath/Pongal/Satham

First time i made this, so i made it very little and turns out yummy.
Ingredients
Rice - 100 gms
Kalkandu/Sugar candy - 100-125gms(depends on your sweet tooth needs)
Water - 150ml
Milk - 100ml
Cardamom - 2 nos
Ghee - 3-4 tbsp
Cashews and Raisins - few pieces

Procedure
Wash the rice with water and then put rice,milk and water(you can skip milk and use water as 250 ml or skip water and use milk as 250ml ) in a cooker and cook it for 4-5 whistles or till it mushy.

Once the pressure released from cooker,open it and keep it in medium flame,then add kalkandu(may use sugar and kalkandu as 1/2: 1/2 ratio) and allow it to melt.

Once all kalkandu melts,crushed the cardamom and add it.Then roast the cashews and raisins in 1 tbsp of ghee and add it.Mix it well and add the remaining ghee and keep it in low flame for 5 mins and then switch off.

Kalkandu  Bath is ready and serve hot.

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