Padma Lakshmi Makes Mysore Pak, The Dessert She Grew Up Eating In Chennai; Recipe Inside!

Indian-American author and former model, Padma Lakshmi is a food enthusiast! You will often find her sharing recipes and food recommendations on her Instagram handle and she also shows off her Indian roots with recipes from India. This time around, she shared the recipe for a very famous South Indian dessert, Mysore Pak! Read on to learn more about this recipe.

Padma Lakshmi Gets Nostalgic & Makes Mysore Pak

 

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You can take an Indian out of India, but you can’t take away their love for Indian sweets! And Padma Lakshmi proved that in her latest Instagram post. The Indian-American author took a nostalgic trip and made Mysore Pak at home recently. While sharing the recipe, she said that she was taught how to make the dessert in India at her family home.

She then mentioned how her family in Chennai has been following the recipe for more than five decades! The dessert took Padma on a nostalgic trip as she said that she grew up with this famous South Indian dessert while she was in Chennai. She also shared that while most people like their Mysore Pak to be fudgy and soft, she prefers to make it crumbly and hard. It’s just the way she likes it!

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Here’s How You Can Make This Decadent Dessert At Home

Now that we have tantalised you enough, here is Padma Lakshmi’s Mysore Pak recipe that you can follow to make this delicious dessert at home!

Ingredients:

• Water
• Brown Sugar
• Besan/gram flour
• Ghee

Method:

1. Take 2 cups of water in a pan.
2. Then, add 2 cups of brown sugar to it.
3. Stir it gently till the sugar dissolves in the water and bring the mixture to a boil.
4. To ensure that your sugar syrup is ready for the next step, check if the mixture falls off the spoon in a one-string consistency.
5. Now, add besan to the syrup and whisk it quickly. The idea is to ensure that no lumps of besan are formed.
6. Then, add the ghee to the mix and keep stirring it. Make sure to keep the heat on medium-low.
7. Keep stirring till the mixture comes off the sides and has a blob-like consistency.
8. Once done, take it off the heat and place it in a container.
9. Smooth out the Mysore Pak while it’s still hot and then let it cool down.
10. Cut it into smaller pieces and enjoy!

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And that’s all, folks, your Mysore Pak is ready! So, what are you waiting for? With the festive season here, try this recipe right away and have a good time!

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