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Mysore Pak-Soft Mysore Pak Recipe-Deepavali Special

October 27, 2012 by PadhuSankar 44 Comments

Mysore Pak is made of generous amounts of ghee (clarified butter), sugar and bengal gram flour.This mysore pak is not the authentic mysore pak which will be slightly hard but this is the soft mysore pak which is some what similar to what we get in Krishna sweets.Unlike the authentic version, this is very simple and can be prepared by anyone.Today let us learn how to prepare Mysore Pak following this easy recipe.

Mysore Pak

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)

In a pan/kadai take sugar, add just enough water to cover the sugar.Let the sugar dissolve.Then boil sugar syrup until it reaches the one string consistency stage.

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.

How to make mysore pak

When the sugar syrup reaches one string consistency, add the besan little at a time stirring continuously. Keep the flame in medium.Once it thickens slightly, add ghee, a little at a time and stir continuously without stopping.

How to prepare mysore pak

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.

How to prepare soft mysore pak

Allow it to cool. After it cools a little, cut into desired shapes. Then remove the pieces gently after it is cooled completely.

mysore pak recipe

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.

After roasting besan slightly, mix it well with oil without any lumps and add it after the sugar reaches one string consistency. Rest of the procedure is the same. I have not tried this method yet.

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Comments

  1. Rekha

    October 27, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    absolutely delicious.. very inviting clicks..
    http://www.indiantastyfoodrecipes.com/

    Reply
  2. Anjali Bapna Shukla

    October 27, 2012 at 6:29 pm

    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. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Subhashini

    October 27, 2012 at 7:13 pm

    Good that you started preparation of Diwali. Even I have started. Maysore Pak looks excellent.

    Reply
  4. Suman Arthy

    October 28, 2012 at 1:17 am

    Dear can I reduce the amount of ghee?

    Reply
  5. Swathi Iyer

    October 28, 2012 at 2:16 am

    Mysore pack looks perfect.

    Reply
  6. geeta

    October 28, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    Very interesting recipes.I tried the mysorepak with refined oil.came out excellent.thanks for the diwali preparation well in advance.

    Reply
  7. Kannada Cuisine

    October 29, 2012 at 2:37 am

    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.

    Reply
  8. Deepthi

    October 31, 2012 at 5:39 am

    I tried making this and it came out excellent. I reduced the amount of Ghee to 1.5 cups. Thanks for the wonderful recipe.

    Reply
    • Suchithra Warrier

      October 1, 2016 at 4:00 am

      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??

      Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 1, 2016 at 8:27 am

      Yes, it will be soft and melt in your mouth similar to Sri Krishna sweets.

      Reply
    • Bala Saraswathy

      October 27, 2016 at 12:58 am

      Hi when I poured in tray the mixture became hard ☹️ I poured once it became thick

      Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 27, 2016 at 2:11 pm

      Overcooking leads to hard mixture.

      Reply
  9. saranya saravanan

    April 12, 2013 at 1:10 pm

    we tried Mysore pak as u said…its very delicious & excellent. we tried and enjoyed our holidays.. thank you very much PATHU

    Reply
  10. Shivin

    July 10, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    Great recipe!I tried the second variation and it came out real yumm!!

    thanks for the recipe!

    http://Www.manethindi.com

    Reply
  11. Gemini4685

    November 9, 2013 at 6:34 am

    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 🙂

    Reply
  12. sharmila pathy

    October 21, 2014 at 6:53 am

    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

    Reply
  13. Hema

    October 23, 2014 at 3:08 pm

    My maiden attempt of making mysore pak this Diwali and it came out great with this recipe! 🙂 Thanks a lot!

    Reply
  14. Sajithanavin Navin

    November 9, 2014 at 4:43 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 11, 2014 at 6:42 am

      You have to add the whole oil to besan flour and mix it without lumps.

      Reply
  15. Sajithanavin Navin

    November 11, 2014 at 7:47 am

    Thank you so much for your reply madam. My mysore pak came out really delicious.

    Reply
  16. amudha

    October 17, 2015 at 5:28 pm

    Can you please tell me the recipe for mysorepak to do it in microwave oven? Will it come nicely?

    Reply
  17. Nandini Natarajan

    November 6, 2015 at 10:27 am

    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

    Reply
  18. Mangai

    November 6, 2015 at 5:36 pm

    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

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 8, 2015 at 6:37 am

      You should have cooked for a few more minutes.

      Reply
    • Sajithanavin Navin

      November 16, 2016 at 1:22 pm

      Can we re cook it again , if it is semi liquid? ?? Can we do something with this?

      Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 16, 2016 at 2:28 pm

      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.

      Reply
  19. Padmaja R

    July 9, 2016 at 12:30 pm

    Hi Padhu… Very easy and simple method came out well…

    Reply
  20. Nisha Ramakrishnan

    October 27, 2016 at 7:17 am

    Hi padhu….This is my fav sweet and it came really well with this recipe….thank you so much

    Reply
  21. Veerappan Arunachalam

    October 27, 2016 at 3:44 pm

    If we use brown sugar can we get one string consistency or we need to use white sugar to get that consistency?

    Reply
  22. paddusivakumar

    October 28, 2016 at 12:39 am

    Recipe explained in a simple way. Thank u. Yours is my all time favourite site.

    Reply
  23. G vani

    October 28, 2016 at 3:49 am

    Hi Padhu, I tried second method. Mysoor pak came like halwa I dont know where I did mistake. Mysoor pak consistency became very soft.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 28, 2016 at 7:33 am

      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.

      Reply
  24. Jayandhi Krishnan

    October 29, 2016 at 7:28 am

    Hi I have made yummy Mysore pal as per your recipe. It has come out so well. Soft and smooth. Thanks dear.

    Reply
  25. anupama kalyana sundaram

    October 30, 2016 at 12:15 am

    hi padhu. I tried it just as you mentioned it came out well. thanks for the recipe. happy Diwali to you and your family

    Reply
  26. vandu

    November 1, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    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?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 2, 2016 at 8:17 am

      1 week. You can refrigerate also.

      Reply
  27. vm

    October 15, 2017 at 9:48 am

    How about using jaggery for sweet.. will that work

    Reply
  28. Ananthalakshmi Ravishankar

    May 1, 2018 at 10:58 am

    Thanks alot for the wonderful receipe. Mysore pak came out very well. Taste texture everything was perfect.

    Reply
  29. Ananthalakshmi Ravishankar

    May 1, 2018 at 10:58 am

    Thanks alot for the wonderful receipe. Mysore pak came out very well. Taste texture everything was perfect.

    Reply
  30. sam

    November 4, 2018 at 8:19 pm

    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?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 6, 2018 at 6:05 am

      You can try with ragi flour and millet flour though I have not experimented yet.

      Reply
  31. Unknown

    March 24, 2019 at 4:56 am

    Hi
    Mysore pak became powdered what do? ?

    Reply
  32. Chitra

    October 21, 2019 at 4:29 pm

    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?

    Reply
  33. A Madhavan

    November 3, 2019 at 4:53 pm

    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.

    Reply

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