Instant Pot Kalkandu Sadam

Instant Pot Kalkandu Sadam is a festival special sweet rice recipe prepared with sugar candy, rice, and milk, popularly known as Kalkandu Sadam or Kalkandu Pongal.

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Kalkandu Pongal

YIELD

4 servings

CUISINE

South Indian

TIME

50 min

COURSE

Dessert

Ingredients

So good!

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You will need:

– rice  – water – sugar candy – whole milk  – cardamom – fenugreek-sized edible camphor – ghee – cashews – raisins – saffron strands

Instructions

Simple & easy-to-follow

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Step 1

– Wash the rice and drain the water. – Powder sugar candy into a coarse powder.

Step 2

– Add the washed rice, water, and milk to the Instant Pot. Set it in manual mode, cook and let the pressure release normally.

Step 3

– Open the lid and mash the rice thoroughly. 

Step 4

– Now set the IP in sauté mode again and add the remaining milk, powdered sugar candy, cardamom powder, and edible camphor.

Step 5

– Mix well and let it cook until sugar candy is well incorporated. Turn it off or set it to warm mode. Add ghee now (optional).

Step 6

– Now in a separate tempering pan, heat the ghee. Once the ghee is hot, add the cashews and raisins, and fry until golden brown.

Step 7

– Add this to the pongal and mix well.

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– Garnish with saffron strands and serve warm.

Enjoy!

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