Recipe

Mysore Pak

Recipes/Mysore Pak

Famous Karnataka sweet made with besan, ghee and sugar

Prep

5 min

Cook

25 min

Serves

20

Level

hard

Ingredients

  • 1 cup besan
  • 1 cup ghee
  • 1.5 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup water

Method

  1. 1

    Sieve besan and keep ready. Melt ghee and keep warm.

  2. 2

    Make sugar syrup to one-string consistency.

  3. 3

    Add besan to syrup gradually, stirring vigorously.

  4. 4

    Keep adding warm ghee, one spoon at a time, while stirring.

  5. 5

    When mixture turns foamy and leaves the pan, pour into greased tray.

  6. 6

    Cut into squares while warm, let set completely before removing.