Ghee Mysore Pak

Ghee Mysore Pak is a popular Indian sweet. It is also considered the king of all Indian sweets.  As the name says, it is the only Indian sweet that highly depends on ghee as its main ingredient. It is one of the ideal sweets to be offered to friends and relatives during festival seasons and auspicious occasions like weddings, birthdays, etc.

Mysore Pak is made with Ghee, sugar, and gram flour. Adding Cardamom powder will give fulfilment in taste. The making of Mysore Pak starts with boiling the sugar in water to get a sugary syrup. This type of syrup is what is used in many iconic Indian sweets like Ghulam Jamun etc. then the gram flour, ghee, and cardamom powder are mixed with sugar syrup and boiled in a wide vessel. Finally, it becomes a soft and tender sweet. There are two types of mysore pak. One made with less ghee looks slightly hard and has pores in it. Another one called ghee Mysore Pak is prepared with more ghee and it appears in a brownish-yellow color with a smooth and delicate texture. Though the pieces look as if soaked in ghee, they will not have excess ghee to harm your health. Gram flour in Mysore Pak has more proteins and carbohydrates etc.