Tirunelveli Style Nellai Karupatti Ghee Mysore Pak - Mysore Pak using Palm Jaggery - Healthy Delicious Festival Sweet Recipe

Karupatti or palm jaggery is one of the healthy alternative for sugar which can be used even for coffee or tea. Palm Jaggery has got a low glycemic index when compared to sugar. It is healthy when white sugar is unhealthy. Nowadays we can see lots of karupatti sweets in shops. Try this new karupatti mysore pak and celebrate your festival by making something healthy.

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Ingredients for making Karupatti Mysorepak

Karupatti/Palm jaggery - 1 cup
Gram flour/Besan - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 3/4 cup

Method for making Karupatti Mysorepak

1. Heat little ghee in a kadai when it melts add the gram flour and fry until the raw smell leaves.

2. Melt 1/2 cup of ghee and mix the gram flour.

3. Break the karupatti into small pieces, you can also get powdered karupatti in shops. Add 1/2 cup of water and heat till it dissolves completely. Now strain of the impurities using a filter.

4. Once again heat the karupatti or palm jaggery mixture again till it reaches one string consistency.

5. Now simmer the flame and gradually add the besan ghee mixture to it with continuous stirring.

6. After you get a thick consistency add the remaining ghee.

7. When the mixture becomes frothy and leaves the sides of the pan switch of the flame.

8. Pour this to a greased pan or plate. Alaways use only ghee for greasing.

9. Flatten using a ladle and allow it to cool.

10. Once it cools just cut into desired shapes.

Now healthy and tasty Karupatti mysore pak is ready to be served.