Preparation time: 5 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 20 no

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 120ml)

1. 1 cup gram flour or kadlehittu or besan
2. 2 cups sugar
3. 1 cup ghee
4. 1.5 cups oil
5. 1 cup water
6. Big pinch of turmeric (optional)

Instructions for making mysore pak:

1. To begin with measure and take all the ingredients.
2. Grease a plate or tray with ghee. Also measure and take a cup of water.
3. Next in a bowl, take gram flour and 1/2 cup of oil. Mix it well and prepare a lump free mixture.
4. Optionally add in a pinch of turmeric to give mysore pak good colour.
5. Next heat 1 cup oil and 1 cup ghee together in a container.
6. Set it aside once it is heated well.
7. In another pan, take 2 cups sugar and 1 cup oil. Keep it for boiling.
8. Stir occasionally and boil until one string consisteny.
9. Add in gram flour and oil mixture. Start stirring under medium flame.
10. Wait until it is mixed well. Start adding ladleful of hot oil and ghee by stirring continously.
11. Finish adding the oil+ghee time by time by stirring continuously.
12. Finally at one point the mixture will start leaving the edges. Also it will turn bubbly and light.
13. Immediately transfer it into the greased plate. Tap the tray or plate to spread the mixture.
14. Wait until it settles down or the top layer starts to harden. Immediately cut it into pieces.
15. Wait until cool and takeout the pieces carefully.
16. Enjoy melt in mouth and super tasty mysore pak.

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