Mysore Pak

Ingredients:

1 cup bengal gram flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups ghee
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp cardomom powder (optional)

Note: Be very careful while preparing this dish, it is cooked in a matter of minutes and needs your complete focus, a slight distraction and your dish will get burnt and charred.

Method: 

 

-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.