Kalkandu Rice (Sweet Candy)

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Cooked rice
• 1 1/2 Cup Sweet Candy (China kalkandu)
• 10 - 12 Cashew nuts
• 1/2 Spoon Cardamom Powder
• 1/4 Cup Ghee

Method:

• Make candy in to small pieces. Put them in a pan and pour water and make it like a syrup.
• Add cooked rice in that and smash and mix well. Let the cooked rice and the syrup boil for few minutes.
• Pour some ghee and mix again. Let it become thick.
• In another pan pour some ghee and fry cashew nuts and add it with kalkandu rice.
• Add cardamom powder and mix well.
• You can also add ’saffron’ in this. That will give you a good colour and taste.
• Serve hot or cold. Generally we prepare this rice for the pournami pooja. i. e. we make this as prasadam for Full Moon day pooja.