Kalkandu pongal

Kalkandu Sadam/Candy Sugar rice – Navarathri special

Ingredients

Rice-1 cup

Moong Dal – 1 Cup

Milk – 400 ml

Candy Sugar/kalkandu-200 gms

Cardomon- 2-3 

Edible camphor – a pinch

Ghee – 50gms

Cashews and Raisins-a few

Method

1.Wash rice and dal, add 200 ml of milk and one cup of water.

Cook in medium flame until its done

2. Grind the crystallised sugar into powder and set aside

3.Heat a pan with 2 tbsps of ghee, fry cashews to golden brown and raisins to pop up

4.Add the cooked rice and powdered sugar to it..

5.Stir for a while to let the sugar is well blended with rice

6.Add remaining milk and cook until it thicks, yet it has flowing consistency

7.Add 2 tbsps of ghee and its ready serve..

Here, i got some information on navarathiri prayer details. Each day is auspicious for specific goddess and the list is purely derived from a spiritual book. The sundal prasadham can be made according to the grahas on respective days as listed below.

Day	Sundal
Sunday(Suriyan)	Red Karamani sundal
Monday(Chandran)	Navathanya sundal
Tuesday(Durgai)	Red Karamani sundal
Wednesday(Bhudan)	Pasiparuppu sundal
Thursday(Guru)	Kondakalai sundal
Friday(Sukran)	Arisi+vellam puttu
Saturday(Sani)	Black Karamani sundal

The color of sarees/dresses can be worn as goddess’s favourites on respective days from day 1 to day 9 as Green,Yellow,Blue,dark blue,Red,Parrot green,Light red,Green with brown border and finally in onion colour sarees..

	God	Prasadham	Flower	Fruit	Ragam
Day 1	Maheswari	Kadamba sadam	Mullai	Banana	Thodi
Day 2	Rajarajeshwari	Thayir sadam	Jathi	Orange	Kalyani
Day 3	Varahi	Thengai sadam	Sambangi	Jackfruit	Kambodhi
Day 4	Mahalakshmi	Lemon sadam	Neela malar	Guava	Bhairavi
Day 5	Mohini	Ven pongal	Manorangetham	Pomegranate	Banthuvarali
Day 6	Shandigadevi	Puliyodarai	Sembaruthi	Naratham	Neelambari
Day 7	Sambavi durgai	Sakkarai pongal	Thalampoo	Dates	Belahari
Day 8	Narasima tharini	Paruppu payasam	Rose	Black grapes	Punnagavarani
Day 9	Parameswari	Akkaravadisal	White lotus paneer rose	Nagapazham	Vasantha
Vijayathasami	Ambigai	sundal	Rose	All fruits	–

Happy navarathri