Ingredients:
1 cup bengal gram flour
1 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups ghee
1 cup water
1/2 tsp cardomom powder
Recipe to prepare Mysore Pak Recipe :
. Sieve the bengal gram flour (besan).
. Roast it on a hot griddle/ tava for 2-3 minutes stirring constantly.
. Set aside.
. Heat half the ghee (clarified butter) (1 1/4 cup) in a pan.
. Put the sugar in another pan and add 1 cup of water to it.
. Cook till it becomes sticky syrup.
. It should not become stringy.
. Add the roasted flour to the sugar syrup stirring constantly.
. Take off the flame for a second while you get the melted ghee ready.
. Pour the ghee in a steady stream into the flour and sugar mixture while stirring.
. You need an extra hand here.
. Add the rest of the ghee and stir in.
. Cook till the mixture turns light brown and becomes porous and spongy like bread.
. Sprinkle the cardamom powder over the mixture and turn out immediately into a 9″ shallow cake pan or a thali.
. The mixture sets within a minute.
. With a sharp knife cut into 1 1/2 inch squares at immediately.