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Mysore pak
Mysore pak (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ಪಾಕ್) is a sweet dish of Karnataka, India, usually served as dessert. It is made of generous amounts of ghee (clarified butter), sugar and gram flour.
Some say Mysore pak was first created in the kitchens of the Mysore Palace by a palace cook named Kakasura Madappa out of the above ingredients. The cook at the Mysore Palace kitchen simply made a concoction of besan, ghee and sugar. The sweet that was formed delighted the royalties so much that it became a "Royal Sweet". When asked its name, Madappa obviously didn't have its name, so he simply called it the ‘Mysore pak’, a delicacy from the Mysore Palace. The king relished the sweet so much that he got Madappa to set up shop outside the palace grounds so that it could be made available to common people.[1]
Mysore pak was originally known as Masoor (Dhal) pak and was made of Masoor dhal flour (Besan).[2]
References
External links
- Mysore Pak recipe from Indian Food Kitchen Blog
- Recipe for Mysore Pak - from Bawarchi
- Recipe for Mysorepak - Sri krishna style
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