Ghee Mysore Pak

Mysore Pak is rich, soft and delicious Indian traditional sweet. Silky soft Ghee Mysore Pak literally melts in mouth and slides down your throat cheering your senses. Chickpea flour, sugar and ghee are the only three main ingredients in making this recipe. Mysore Pak is much loved festive favorite sweet recipe.

What is Mysore Pak?

Mysore | Mysuru is a beautiful heritage city of Karnataka. Located in southern part of the state, this city is at the foothills of Chamundi Hills. Mysore is famous for Mysore Sandal Soap, Mysore Silk Sarees and Mysore Ink. Born in this city is our today’s recipe rich and delicious Mysore Pak.

In  Mysore Pak, pak means pakkam, which is sticky sugar syrup. By adding chickpea flour to the sticky sugar syrup and upon stirring the mixture will turn thick.

Then, ghee is added to this mixture and cooked till lump free soft fudge is formed. Ghee brings taste, shine and softness in this sweet. So, the name Ghee Mysore Pak is given to this recipe.

History of Mysore Pak

As the history of this recipe goes, it is said that chief chef Kakasura Madappa made this for the Maharaja of Mysore, Krishna Raja Wodeyar IV. He wanted to present something new to the king and in the process, he came up with this warm and delicious chickpea fudge.

Mysore Pak is thick, sweet, soft and fudgy chickpea flour recipe. In this recipe, chickpea flour (besan) and sugar syrup are cooked by stirring continuously. When the mixture forms a lump free fudge, we add ghee to make it soft. This Indian style chickpea flour fudge is popular baby shower sweet recipe.

Mysore Pak Varieties

Basically there are two types of Mysore Pak’s. One is soft and melt in mouth and other one is hard and slightly chewy.

Thanks to our innovative Mithai Shopwala’s, you can see many different varieties in Mysore Pak these days.

–> Sada Mysore Pak – Plain Mysore Pak

–> Beet Mysore Pak – Fine grated beet root or beet juice is added to make this Mysore Pak.

–> Carrot Mysore Pak – Finely grated carrot or carrot juice is added to Mysore Pak.

–> Milk Mysore Pak – This Mysore Pak is made by adding milk powder.

–> Special Ghee Mysore Pak

–> Cashew Mysore Pak

–> Dates Mysore Pak

–> Almonds Mysore Pak

–> Honey Mysore Pak

–> Jaggery Mysore Pak | Bellam Mysore Pak

Best Indian Festive Sweets

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Gulab Jamun

Kajjikayalu

Sago Vermicelli Payasam

Teepi Gavvalu

Mysore Pak Recipe Ingredients

The ratio plays an important role in making Mysore Pak. The softness and sweetness depends on the ratio of chickpea flour, ghee and sugar. In this recipe, chickpea flour, sugar and ghee are in equal ration (1:1:!). 

Chickpea Flour | Besan | Gram Flour – This is very commonly available ingredient in Indian kitchens. I prefer using fine quality organic chickpea flour in making this recipe.

Sugar – You can use granulated sugar or fine sugar. 

Ghee – Ghee brings shine and softness in the sweet. So, be generous with ghee.

Water – Just a little to melt sugar.

Recipe Notes

Recipe For Homemade Chickpea Flour

My friend’s mom from whom I learnt to make this recipe of Mysore Pak makes her own chickpea flour by grinding roasted chana dal (putnalu | putane). Using fine sieve, she sieves the flour 2-3 times before using. The chickpea flour is ready for use. Use as required and store the remaining in clean and dry moisture-free air tight container. 

Step-by-Step Instructions

• Swift chickpea flour twice to avoid lumps. Grease a plate or cake tin with ghee and set aside.

• In a heavy bottom cooking vessel, add sugar and water. Stir on low flame till sugar completely dissolves.

• Stir continuously scrapping the sides of the vessel. Once the sugar syrup reaches one string consistency, by continuously stirring with wooden spatula, add chickpea flour and mix until they are no lumps.
• This is bit tricky, but you can master it with a simple trick of continuous stirring. 
• Cook for 4-5 minutes, until the mixture thickens. Now start adding ghee by continuously stirring. Keep stirring till ghee is completely absorbed.

• Take a small plate filled with water. Drop a small drop of the above mixture on to it. Using your fingers try to make a ball. If you can make a ball easily, then our Mysore Pak is ready.

• Pour the mixture on a greased plate and quickly spread evenly.
• After 10 minutes run sharp knife and make impressions.
• Cut into desired size pieces. You can cut mysore pak in round or diamond or square.
• Generally, mysore pak pieces are rectangle or square in shape.
• Leave this to cool completely. Once the mixture turns cool, run the knife through the impressions.

Tips To Make The Best Ghee Mysore Pak At Home

The color of Mysore Pak depends on the chickpea flour we use.

After chickpea flour, ghee is one very important ingredient in making this sweet. Be generous with ghee.

Do not over cook the sugar syrup. When the sugar syrup reaches one string consistency, lower the flame and add chickpea flour.

Do not over cook sugar syrup. This will turn the Mysore Pak pieces hard and brittle.

Adding ½ tbsp. of baking powder to the flour will give hard Mysore Pak which is very famous in Andhra especially in the Ongole region.