MYSORE PAK – A DELICIOUS INDIAN SWEET

Mysore Pak is a famous Indian sweet with besan flour, ghee, and sugar. It is soft and melt in mouth sweet, easy to make at home in just a few minutes.

Soft mysore pak:

Mysore pak is a popular South Indian sweet, you can find in many sweet shops. It is served as a dessert in almost all the special occasions like weddings. Mysore pak is easy and simple to make at home with only a few ingredients. Ghee is the main ingredient in mysore pak, it gives an excellent aroma, flavor and texture to the mysore pak. Though it is a high-calorie sweet with a lot of ghee and sugar but worth trying it at home for any special occasions like diwali, birthday parties and wedding anniversary. Check out the other Indian sweet recipes rasgulla, moong dal ladoo, besan ladoo and coconut ladoo.

Smart Cooking Tips:

1. Cook the mysore pak over a low to medium flame to avoid the besan flour from getting burned.2. Add the besan flour gradually to the sugar syrup and mix well without leaving any lumps. This helps to make a soft and melt in mouth

2. Add the besan flour gradually to the sugar syrup and mix well without leaving any lumps. This helps to make a soft and melt in mouth mysore pak.

3. Allow the mysore pak mixture to cool completely before start shaping into rectangles.

4. Making sugar syrup with the right amount of sugar and water is important.

Homemade Ghee:

As I mentioned before ghee is the key ingredient in mysore pak. Homemade fresh ghee helps to give a nice aroma and taste to the sweets. Ghee is easy to make at home and stays good for up to six months. So you can make ghee in bulk and store in an air-tight container for a long time. If you taste the homemade ghee once, you will never buy the ghee from grocery stores. Homemade ghee makes a significant taste difference in the sweets and other dishes. Check out the recipe for homemade ghee.

How to serve mysore pak?

Serve mysore pak as a dessert.

MYSORE PAK – A DELICIOUS INDIAN SWEET

Mysore Pak is a famous Indian sweet with besan flour, ghee, and sugar. It is soft and melt in mouth sweet, easy to make at home in just a few minutes. 

• 0.50 cup CHICKPEA FLOUR (BESAN)
• 0.50 cup GHEE
• 0.25 cup OIL
• 1 cup SUGARS GRANULATED
• 1 cup WATER

1. Sift besan flour separately using a flour sifter and keep it ready. Grease the square shaped bowl or plate with ghee and set aside until needed.

2. Combine oil and melted ghee separately in a bowl and keep it ready.

3. In a sauce pan add a cup of sugar, a cup of water and boil until the syrup becomes slightly thick and sticky.

4. Gradually add the besan flour and mix well without leaving any lumps.

5. Add ghee and oil mixture and mix well. Cook over a low – medium flame until the besan mixture becomes thick. Keep stirring to avoid the besan flour getting burned.

6. Transfer to a greased square shaped bowl or plate and allow to cool completely. Cut them into small rectangle shapes using a knife and serve.

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