Ingredients needed
You can use any cup for measurement for this recipe.
Bengal gram flour/kadalai mavu/ besan -1 cup
Sugar – 2 cups
Ghee – 1 3/4 – 2 cups
A tray greased with ghee
Preparation
Sieve besan and dry roast it until slightly hot to touch. Spread it on a paper and let it cool.
Keep all the things ready including the greased tray.
Method
Melt ghee and keep it over a bowl of water in low flame as the ghee should be hot while adding.(see picture)
What is one string consistency? – take a little sugar syrup, cool it and stretch the syrup between the thumb and index finger, if it forms a thin string, it is the correct stage.
It will start bubbling and when the besan mixture starts to leave the sides of the pan, remove from flame and pour it into a greased tray or plate.
Allow it to cool. After it cools a little, cut into desired shapes. Then remove the pieces gently after it is cooled completely.
This mysore pak was very soft, tasty and melted in our mouth. How about preparing this easy mysore pak recipe for your near and dear ones this Diwali.
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Important points
Use fresh ingredients only. Avoid using old stock bengal gram flour.
The whole process should be done in medium flame and stirring continuously is very important.
Another variation (my friend’s recipe)
Instead of 2 cups of ghee, you can use 3/4 – 1 cup of ghee and 1 cup of refined oil.
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Rekha
absolutely delicious.. very inviting clicks..
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Anjali Bapna Shukla
Visiting you after really long and super glad to see such a brilliant recipe. I have always been a big fan of Mysore Pak and now I know how I can go about it. 🙂
Subhashini
Good that you started preparation of Diwali. Even I have started. Maysore Pak looks excellent.
Suman Arthy
Dear can I reduce the amount of ghee?
Swathi Iyer
Mysore pack looks perfect.
geeta
Very interesting recipes.I tried the mysorepak with refined oil.came out excellent.thanks for the diwali preparation well in advance.
Kannada Cuisine
Looks good.
On the contrary, this is the authentic Mysore Pak :), the harder version is made that way because it is cheaper and therefore economical to make and serve a crowd.
Deepthi
I tried making this and it came out excellent. I reduced the amount of Ghee to 1.5 cups. Thanks for the wonderful recipe.
Suchithra Warrier
Was it soft with 1.5 cups of ghee?? I mean like the famous Sri Krishna Sweet's ghee Mysore pak,soft and chewy in texture??
Padhu Sankar
Yes, it will be soft and melt in your mouth similar to Sri Krishna sweets.
Bala Saraswathy
Hi when I poured in tray the mixture became hard ☹️ I poured once it became thick
Padhu Sankar
Overcooking leads to hard mixture.
saranya saravanan
we tried Mysore pak as u said…its very delicious & excellent. we tried and enjoyed our holidays.. thank you very much PATHU
Shivin
Great recipe!I tried the second variation and it came out real yumm!!
thanks for the recipe!
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Gemini4685
After having gotten used to sweets daily, I made this today, just to satisfy the sweet craving after lunch. It was quick, easy and yummy.
Thanks for the recipe 🙂
sharmila pathy
when it starts bubbling we should switch off the flame, actually it starts bubbling within 5 to 7mins is it enough can i off it and pour it in the greased plate my mysore pak has changed colour slighlty brown plz let me know this
Hema
My maiden attempt of making mysore pak this Diwali and it came out great with this recipe! 🙂 Thanks a lot!
Sajithanavin Navin
Hai madam I tried ur second method. In that whether we have to add whole 1 cup oil to besan flour or little is enough? before adding to sugar syrup.
Padhu Sankar
You have to add the whole oil to besan flour and mix it without lumps.
Sajithanavin Navin
Thank you so much for your reply madam. My mysore pak came out really delicious.
amudha
Can you please tell me the recipe for mysorepak to do it in microwave oven? Will it come nicely?
Nandini Natarajan
Hi Mam,Your mysore pak receipe has been really very easy,foolproof and tasty.I tried and came out very well by Sairam's grace.Thank you.Sairam
Mangai
Good and easier method. I tried but after pouring in the greased plate and after 5 hours of cooling mine is still not hardened. It's still semi liquid. Can you please suggest to make it harden
Thanks
Mangai
Padhu Sankar
You should have cooked for a few more minutes.
Sajithanavin Navin
Can we re cook it again , if it is semi liquid? ?? Can we do something with this?
Padhu Sankar
If it is too liquidy , you must cook for some more time. Besan will start to leave the sides of the pan. That is the correct stage.
Padmaja R
Hi Padhu… Very easy and simple method came out well…
Nisha Ramakrishnan
Hi padhu….This is my fav sweet and it came really well with this recipe….thank you so much
Veerappan Arunachalam
If we use brown sugar can we get one string consistency or we need to use white sugar to get that consistency?
paddusivakumar
Recipe explained in a simple way. Thank u. Yours is my all time favourite site.
G vani
Hi Padhu, I tried second method. Mysoor pak came like halwa I dont know where I did mistake. Mysoor pak consistency became very soft.
Padhu Sankar
Vani – I guess that you should have cooked for some more time or you have added the besan before the sugar reached one string consistency.
Veerappan – I think you will get it but I have not tried making syrup (paagu) with brown sugar, so not sure.
Jayandhi Krishnan
Hi I have made yummy Mysore pal as per your recipe. It has come out so well. Soft and smooth. Thanks dear.
anupama kalyana sundaram
hi padhu. I tried it just as you mentioned it came out well. thanks for the recipe. happy Diwali to you and your family
vandu
Hi Padhu, thanks a lot. I would never have tried this sweet without the confidence ur recipes bring. How long can I store this Mysore pak? Can I refrigerate?
Padhu Sankar
1 week. You can refrigerate also.
vm
How about using jaggery for sweet.. will that work
Ananthalakshmi Ravishankar
Thanks alot for the wonderful receipe. Mysore pak came out very well. Taste texture everything was perfect.
Ananthalakshmi Ravishankar
Thanks alot for the wonderful receipe. Mysore pak came out very well. Taste texture everything was perfect.
sam
Hi Padhu,
1.Can we mix ghee with Besan and add then to sugar syrup?
2.Can we try with other flours like Ragi, Varagu,etc?
Padhu Sankar
You can try with ragi flour and millet flour though I have not experimented yet.
Unknown
Hi
Mysore pak became powdered what do? ?
Chitra
Hello,
I have tried this recipe, the taste turned out perfectly fine, but the texture is not as expected. It is slightly rubbery and didn’t get hard. I went through the process again in the site but not able to find what mistake I did. Any idea on what would be the miss?
A Madhavan
Hi
I used 1 cup of Milk and 1 cup of ghee instead of two cups of ghee. And cooked it longer to get a hard consistency.