For those who love Mysore paagu and the newly invented Mysurpa (copy right owned by Sri Krishna Sweets) - this is one tasty sweet that is a huge challenge for any cook. The concept of "oru kambi paagu, rendu kambi paagu and moonu kambi paagu" - the definitions of the temperature of the sugar which is heated for making sweets.
This temperature measure has been used for many decades (will it be too much to say many centuries..!)and the western concept of food thermometers for measuring the temperature of the sugar simply does not work.
(maybe it does but its never been documented)
As a result, this is probably one of the most challenging of all sweets that one ever attempts to make. Many (including yours truly) have given up making sweets due to this very reason. The temperature of the sugar is the key. The oru kambi paagu refers to the single string of sugar that shows up when one pulls apart a small drop of sugar syrup using the thumb and pointer finger. The rendu kambi paagu refers to two strings that come at a certain temperature and moonu kambi paagu refers to three strings.
Coming back to 'mysorepaagu challenged' yours truly - I have learnt to make the idiot proof Seven Cups sweet. Yes thats the name of the sweet - it has seven cups of ingredients. All go into the pan, on to the heat and keep stirring until the mixture resembles a porous semi solid structure. And off the heat into a wide plate, to cool. Make small pieces with a knife dipped in liquid ghee. Has an almost fudge like taste and texture.
The seven cups are
3 cups of sugar
1 cup of besan
1 cup ghee
1 cup milk
1 cup of grated coconut (ground)
or 1/2 cup ground cashew and 1/2 cup grated ground fresh coconut.
Thats it.....!!!
I have never solved the mystery of who actually invented this ...?
This temperature measure has been used for many decades (will it be too much to say many centuries..!)and the western concept of food thermometers for measuring the temperature of the sugar simply does not work.
(maybe it does but its never been documented)
As a result, this is probably one of the most challenging of all sweets that one ever attempts to make. Many (including yours truly) have given up making sweets due to this very reason. The temperature of the sugar is the key. The oru kambi paagu refers to the single string of sugar that shows up when one pulls apart a small drop of sugar syrup using the thumb and pointer finger. The rendu kambi paagu refers to two strings that come at a certain temperature and moonu kambi paagu refers to three strings.
Coming back to 'mysorepaagu challenged' yours truly - I have learnt to make the idiot proof Seven Cups sweet. Yes thats the name of the sweet - it has seven cups of ingredients. All go into the pan, on to the heat and keep stirring until the mixture resembles a porous semi solid structure. And off the heat into a wide plate, to cool. Make small pieces with a knife dipped in liquid ghee. Has an almost fudge like taste and texture.
The seven cups are
3 cups of sugar
1 cup of besan
1 cup ghee
1 cup milk
1 cup of grated coconut (ground)
or 1/2 cup ground cashew and 1/2 cup grated ground fresh coconut.
Thats it.....!!!
I have never solved the mystery of who actually invented this ...?
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