Insanely delicious sweet of Karnataka, India…
When I get the craving I make sure to succumb to it. I’ve been craving for Mysore pak for many days and it was on sunday evening I finally decided to give it a shot in my kitchen. Making Mysore pak is not a completely new thing to me, I had witnessed my mom make this quite a few times in her kitchen. That time I never cared about how it was made, but only about indulging in this sweet and of course finished it with so much greed…
Mysore pak is a famous sweet of Karnataka, India. It’s not just available in Karnataka, but it’s sold in almost all sweet stores all over India. With a little bit of patience you could make this in your own kitchen.
When I started making this, I never thought that I would end up making it flawless. It wasn’t that hard as I thought, in just 25 minutes using very simple ingredients I was able to whip up the delicious mysore pak. When I greedily had a bite of this sweet I couldn’t appreciate enough about myself for a while 😛 After few rounds of having this, I squared them and stored them in an air tight container with the thought of snacking it for at least a few days. However, it was just a thought as my husband and I have been taking bites after bites saying that would be the last bite after every bite.
And I loved the aroma of ghee that has filled my house…
Mysore Pak
Makes: 10 square pieces.
Ingredients:
- Gram Flour or Besan- 3/8 cup (half of 3/4th)
- Sugar- 1 1/2 cups
- Ghee, melted- 1 cup
- Water- 1 cup
Instruction
- Sieve the gram flour without any lumps and keep it aside.
- Add the ghee to a bowl and melt it in the microwave or stovetop, keep aside.
- Grease a cake pan or glass bowl with ghee. Have the pan ready.
- Combine sugar and water in a large non-stick saucepan, place over medium heat & let the sugar dissolve in water.
- Keep stirring the sugar water until it forms thick consistency and fine threads start to form, has to be cooked for about 15 minutes. Don’t let the sugar syrup turn brown in color.
- While stirring the sugar syrup, be careful not to spill the syrup on your hands as it’s very hot.
- Add 1/2 cup of hot melted ghee to the sugar syrup and continue stirring for 3 minutes.
- Add the gram flour and keep stirring breaking any lumps that are formed. The mixture will thicken as we cook it, so keep stirring.
- Add the rest of the ghee-1/2 cup to the mixture slowly & stir continuously.
- Very important, have to keep stirring.
- When you add ghee the mixture will sizzle.
- Continue stirring till the mixture just starts to dry.
- Don’t wait till it gets too dry or brown.
- Pour the mixture & evenly spread the top. The mixture will start to set right away.
- Let cool down for 20 minutes, that’s when it will set well.
- Using a sharp knife, cut into square or diamond shapes.
- Enjoy the melt in your mouth mysore pak and the mesmerizing aroma of ghee.
Tips:
- You can double or triple the ingredients to make more.
- To make perfect shapes without breaking, allow the mysore pak to cool down for 20 minutes. It will harden as it rests for a while.
- Gram Flour or Besan- ⅜ cup (half of ¾th)
- Sugar- 1½ cups
- Ghee, hot and melted- 1 cup
- Water- 1 cup
- Sieve the gram flour without any lumps and keep it aside.
- Add the ghee to a bowl and melt it in the microwave or stovetop, keep aside.
- Grease a cake pan or glass bowl with ghee. Have the pan ready.
- Combine sugar and water in a large non-stick saucepan, place over medium heat & let the sugar dissolve in water.
- Keep stirring the sugar water until it forms thick consistency and fine threads start to form, has to be cooked for about 15 minutes. Don't let the sugar syrup turn brown in color.
- While stirring the sugar syrup, be careful not to spill the syrup on your hands as it's very hot.
- Add ½ cup of hot melted ghee to the sugar syrup and continue stirring for 3 minutes.
- Add the gram flour and keep stirring breaking any lumps that are formed. The mixture will thicken as we cook it, so keep stirring.
- Add the rest of the ghee-1/2 cup to the mixture slowly & stir continuously.
- Very important, have to keep stirring.
- When you add ghee the mixture will sizzle.
- Continue stirring till the mixture just starts to dry.
- Don't wait till it gets too dry or brown.
- Pour the mixture & evenly spread the top. The mixture will start to set right away.
- Let cool down for 20 minutes, that's when it will set well.
- Using a sharp knife, cut into square or diamond shapes.
- Enjoy the melt in your mouth mysore pak and the mesmerizing aroma of ghee.
To make perfect shapes without breaking, allow the mysore pak to cool down for 20 minutes. It will harden as it sits.
