Mysore pak

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Mysore pak is a sweet dish of Karnataka, usually served as dessert. It is made of generous amounts of ghee (clarified butter), sugar and chick pea (besan) flour.

Mysore Pak was first created in the kitchens of the Mysore Palace by a palace cook named Kakasura Madappa out of the above ingredients.

1 Ingredients
2 Preparation
3 Variations
4 External links

[edit] Ingredients

Gram flour = 1 cup
Sugar = 2 cups
Ghee = 1 cup

[edit] Preparation

First,roast a cup of Gram flour.
Then,boil two cups of sugar.
Put handful of roasted Gram flour in paagu(boiled sugar).
Heat Ghee separately.
Pour small amount of ghee in the boiled sugar.
Again, put handful of gram flour and remaining ghee.
After the mixture is boiled, it turns into crispy, bubble form.
Now, pour it in a plate and after minutes of drying, cut it into pieces of desired shapes.

[edit] Variations

In Milk Mysore pak, the chick pea (besan) flour is replaced by Skimmed Milk Powder, and the preparation is more or less similar that of standard Mysore Pak.