Delicious Coconut Cashew Mysore Pak, made with coconut and cashew nuts, ghee and sugar a gluten free South Indian sweet treats.
It is always hard to forget the taste of dishes you grown up with, especially sweets. I love mysore pak which is one of my favorite. If you ask any person from southern part of India whether they like Mysore pak their answer will be yes.
I am sure you couldn’t find a single person who hates it. When I get sugar carving, I try to make some traditional Indian sweets. Thus, I decide to come up coconut cashew Mysore pak.
I go nuts over coconut, cashew and Mysore pak, so combined all three to enhance the craze. I have seen a recipe by a Facebook friend. But when I checked the sugar it was too much for my taste.
So, I decide to use my own on the go Mysore pak recipe with addition of coconut and cashew. I also choose the easy way of using desiccated fine coconut rather than frying fresh ones and roasted and salted cashews nuts. I used the technique from my Facebook friend recipe as well as a YouTube video.
Even though I increase the amount of cashew nuts than all other recipes, I found that ⅓ cup is too little, and you need to fish it out while eating this dessert. Next time when I make it, I will increase up to ¾ to 1 cup then I don’t need to keep looking for cashew nuts to bite.
It is really gluten free dessert but I couldn’t think of a vegan free option. It is really hard to remove ghee from the recipe. It will be like taking out meat from a hamburger recipe. Only few steps to take care of and the end result will be a very delicious sweet which makes you feel good. Give it a try and let me know how it turned out. Are you ready?
Coconut Cashew Mysore Pak
Ingredients
- 1 cup besan/ chickpea flour
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- ⅓ cup cashew nut chopped into small pieces *
- 2 cup sugar
- 1 ¾ cup water
- ¾ cup ghee
- 4 cardamom pods
Instructions
- Heat ½ cup ghee and add chickpea flour and roast until everything become gooey mass and set aside.
- In a deep bottomed pan add sugar and water and cook until sugar soft ball consistency. To this add desiccated coconut and chopped cashew nuts. Then add cooked chickpea flour and mix well. Then finally add crushed cardamom pods.
- When you feel the dough is going to stick to the bottom add rest of the ghee in tablespoon until you finish the entire ghee.
- On the dough starts pull from the sides transfer to a well greased baking pan. Let it cool for some time. After 10 minutes try to make cut so that it will be easy to cut later into pieces.
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Soniya says
This is such a scumpticous dessert to serve in upcoming festive season... Loved the combination of coconut and cashew !! Yummilicious
Teri says
I love coconut and cashew, so I know I would love this dessert recipe. So unique, I have never seen anything like it. Thank you for sharing!
Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh says
This sounds like an easy sweet treat to make. I love the combination of flavors.
Karyn says
I've nerver heard of this Swathi, it looks amazing sortvof like a nutty fudge. This is what is great about this group. You get to see delicious recipes from other cultures that you would be missing out on. It really looks yum
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Swathi, this is a great alternate to the traditional Mysore Pak. Love the nutty flavors in my burfi and this one with coconut and cashew will definitely be something my boys would love. Will be giving it a try this diwali!
Veena Azmanov says
Oh I love this.. My mom use to make something similar during Christmas with coconut, cashews nut powder and sugar.. Cooked it like a halva.. Sounds so yum Swati. I think I''ll save this for later.
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says
Oooh! It sounds delicious. I love cashews and coconut. It looks simple to make and the ingredients wouldn't be too hard to find. I haven't had to many Indian foods but they all look so appealing. I've got to try this recipe.
Kylee from Kylee Cooks says
I have not tasted very many Indian sweets, but your recipe makes it look easy for me to try at home! I love that you got to put your own spin on it, and made it to your taste. I don't love overly sweet things, so this would probably work for me too!
Noel Lizotte says
What a simple recipe! This would definitely be an easy way to satisfy cravings for sweets. I love the combination of almonds and coconut, so even tho this isn't from my childhood like yours ... I'm pretty sure it'd be a hit at our house.
valmg @ From Val's Kitchen says
I've never heard of mysore pak before. It reminds me sort of an almond cookie but with a texture more like cake.
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy says
I must say the flavour profile of these little squares sounds amazing. They would be perfect with a cup of coffee in the afternoon....I would even eat them for breakfast too.
Deepika says
I am a great fan of Mysore Pak. Just made one batch yesterday. Next time trying this recipe. 🙂
Christine - Jar Of Lemons says
These look SO delicious. Definitely saving to make later! Love anything coconut cashew!
Suja Manoj says
Love the combo,nutty and yummy
Adriana Lopez Martin says
what a great combination really got to love Indian food so many good desserts and dishes i need ot try this recipe soon just love it
Jean | DelightfulRepast.com says
Swathi, this is one I've never heard of - it sounds great! I would probably cut a pan of it into 32 pieces as I'm not a big candy/sweets eater.