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Mysore pak

Mysore pak is a dessert usually made during festivals like Diwali. The recipe originates from southern state of Karnataka. The texture of this sweet is similar to fudge.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Cuisine: Indian
Calories: 1234

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup gram flour
  • ½ cup water
  • 2 cups clarified butter or ghee
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup oil

Method
 

  1. Mix gram flour with hot oil and sieve it.
  2. Take sugar in thick bottomed saucer, add water and make sugar syrup. Let it boil until you get the 1 string consistency.
  3. Heat oil and ghee till it melts in a pan.
  4. Now add the gram flour gradually to the sugar syrup and stir it all the while so that no lumps are formed.
  5. Then add the above hot ghee and oil mixture to the mixture and stir it continuously on low flame till the mixture starts bubbling.
  6. Continue this process till all the ghee is consumed and there is a pleasant sweet roasted aroma.
  7. Pour the mixture into a greased tray. Let it cool a little and cut into squares
  8. Separate the squares when completely cooled and store in air tight container.