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KALKANDU SADAM WITH PANAMKARKANDU (PALM CANDY) Kalkandu Sadam - Rich and creamy, luscious and scrumptious rice based traditional sweet. Rice simmered and cooked in milk and sweetened with sugar candy. But in this recipe Panam Kalkandu - palm candy a natural sweetener made from Palmyra trees is used as a sweetener. Ingredients: ♣️3 tablespoon ghee | Indian clarified butter, divided ♣️10 cashews or as needed ♣️10 raisins or as needed ♣️1/2 cup rice refer notes 1 ♣️1 tablespoon split moong dhal | Pasi paruppu (optional) refer notes ♣️2 cups water ♣️1.5 cup milk, divided ♣️3/4 - 1 cup palm candy or rock candy | panamkalkandu (kalkandu) refer notes ♣️1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder ♣️1 strand saffron (completely optional) refer notes Instructions: ✔Cook rice and dhal (if using) in a pressure cooker until they become very soft and mushy. Use 1:3 ratio for rice and liquid. Use 1/2 cup milk plus 1.5 cups water. (Refer notes 1)  ✔As soon as it is ready, whisk the rice really well and k