G Pulla Reddy (Hyderabad) Milk Mysore Pak, Fresh Indian Andhra Food and Sweets, Made from Pure Ghee - 500 grams

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Mysore Pak was first prepared in the kitchens of the Mysore palace by a palace cook named Kakaasura Madappa. The cook at the Mysore palace kitchen simply made a concoction of gram flour, ghee and sugar. When asked its name, Madappa obviously didn't have its name in mind, so he simply called it the ‘Mysore pak’. Pak (or Paka, more precisely), in Sanskrit and other Indian vernaculars, means sweet. It is traditionally served in weddings and other festivals of southern India. It is a real melt in the mouth dessert from G Pulla Reddy.About BrandG. Pullareddy, now known world over as a sweet maker, began life on a humble note. He used to move around on a bicycle to sell the sweets prepared by his wife, in his native village Gokavaram in Kurnool district. In 1948, he opened a small sweet shop in Kurnool town. Gradually, Pulla Reddy earned fame for the quality of his sweets. In 1954, he became the official sweet supplier to Raj Bhavan and went on to set up a chain of sweet shops in Hyderabad, Kurnool, and even other parts of the country He has also opened shops in many US cities, including New York, California and Charlotte. Apart from being a great sweet maker, G Pulla Reddy is also a noted philantrophist. Besides establishing a number of colleges in Hyderabad and Kurnool, Pulla Reddy also set up 'Vignana Peeth,' a school for sheltering and educating orphaned children.