Mysore Pak | Mysorepak recipe step by step
Mysore Pakis a truly delightful Indian dessert. This traditional sweet, made with justgram flour, sugar, and ghee (clarified butter), simply melts in your mouth,offering a taste of pure heaven.
Servings 12 people
Calories 274kcal
Cost Rs 300
Ingredients
- 1 cup Besan/ Gram Flour
- 1.5 cup Sugar or 2 Cup
- 1.5 cup Ghee/ Clarified Butter
- 1 cup Water
Instructions
- Making Mysore Pak requires you to work on two burners at once!
- First, sift the gram flour to remove any lumps. Then, add a tablespoon of ghee to the flour, mix well, and sift it again – this is a must!
- Next, heat the remaining ghee in a pan over high heat.
- In a separate pan, boil sugar with a cup of water until it forms a one-string syrup. It's important to check the syrup's consistency with your fingers to make sure it's just right.
- Once the syrup reaches the one-string consistency, begin adding the gram flour while stirring constantly.
- After all the gram flour or besan is added, reduce the heat to medium and continue mixing thoroughly.
- Now, using a ladle, slowly add the hot ghee to the flour mixture, stirring continuously as you pour. Once all the ghee is added, keep mixing.
- When the mixture turns a pale yellow color and becomes frothy, immediately stop cooking and turn off the heat.
- Finally, pour the mixture into a greased tray and let it cool for about 30 minutes, allowing the Mysore Pak to set.
- Once the Mysore Pak is ready, cut it into neat rectangular or square pieces.
Notes
- For a smooth Mysore Pak without any lumps, make sure to mix the ghee thoroughly with the flour before adding it to the sugar syrup. Adding raw flour directly to the syrup often results in lumps.
- Achieving the right sugar syrup consistency is also key; aim for a single-string consistency.
- Finally, knowing when to stop cooking is crucial. Overcooking will result in a halwa-like texture, while undercooking will make it resemble a laddu.
- As a final tip, you can substitute half of the ghee with refined oil if desired.
Nutrition
Serving: 100g | Calories: 274kcal | Carbohydrates: 37.8g | Protein: 1.9g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8.6g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 101mg | Potassium: 69mg | Fiber: 0.8g | Sugar: 34.2g | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0mg
