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Coconut Cashew Mysore Pak

Delicious gluten free South Indian sweet treat you are going to fell in love with it.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Coconut Mysore Pak, Mysore pak
Servings: 13
Calories: 309kcal
Author: Swathi (Ambujom Saraswathy)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup besan/ chickpea flour
  • 1 cup desiccated coconut
  • cup cashew nut chopped into small pieces *
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 1 ¾ cup water
  • ¾ cup ghee
  • 4 cardamom pods

Instructions

  • Heat ½ cup ghee and add chickpea flour and roast until everything become gooey mass and set aside.
  • In a deep bottomed pan add sugar and water and cook until sugar soft ball consistency. To this add desiccated coconut and chopped cashew nuts. Then add cooked chickpea flour and mix well. Then finally add crushed cardamom pods.
  • When you feel the dough is going to stick to the bottom add rest of the ghee in tablespoon until you finish the entire ghee.
  • On the dough starts pull from the sides transfer to a well greased baking pan. Let it cool for some time. After 10 minutes try to make cut so that it will be easy to cut later into pieces.

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Nutrition

Calories: 309kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 142mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg
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