Guru Sweet Mart — Restaurant in Karnataka

Top Three Reasons to Visit Guru Sweet Mart:

Authentic Mysore Pak: Experience the original taste of Mysore Pak, made with utmost freshness and tenderness.

Rich Heritage: Step into history at the birthplace of Mysore Pak, with roots dating back to 1930s.

Exceptional Service: Enjoy a welcoming atmosphere and attentive service from the friendly owners and staff.

Guru Sweet Mart: Where Mysore Pak Was Born

Stepping into the iconic Guru Sweet Mart in Mysore, I couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement knowing that I was standing at the very birthplace of Mysore Pak, right in the same shop started by Kakasura Madappa in 1930s.

A visit to Mysore feels incomplete without experiencing the allure of the Birthplace of Mysore Pak - Guru Sweet Mart.

The shop boasts a wide array of fresh sweets and savory delights, ensuring there's something to please every palate. However, the true star of the show is undoubtedly the soft Mysore Pak, akin to a culinary treasure of sweet gold. The unparalleled freshness, tenderness, and original taste of Mysore Pak found here are unmatched by any other.

Managed by the next generations of Kakasura Madappa, the owners and staff of Guru Sweet Mart are incredibly accommodating. Despite bustling crowds, every customer is treated with equal importance, ensuring a seamless and enjoyable experience for all.

I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to visit this iconic establishment, which holds a special place in the rich heritage of Mysore.

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Guru Sweet Mart, the name itself seems to be very ordinary and very common but this place has Enormous & Trendsetting History in Karnataka and in Mysuru. Guru sweet Mart is one of those rarest and richest sweet shops of India which sells sweets everyday with a heavy crowd at all the time. The ancestors of the present generation Guru Sweet Mart was developed and prepare the most famous sweet of South India, The Mysore Pak. Bahan sisters of this Google sweet Mart made the Mysore pak as one of the main sweets in Mysore Royal family Foods. From then onwards the Mysore pak was developed and gained so much attention and craze among people and late on the craze of this Mysore pak went over boundaries. The sweet shop seems to be very small but the number of people who comes here to buy Mysore pak and just to taste it was very very huge in number. There are two sweet shops in the same row and both are owned by them. I was astonished by the traffic that was there just to buy Mysore pak and to taste it. Even though the rates of somewhat on the higher side, the taste of the Mysore pak is so much delicious than you expect. This Mysore pak is not like the ordinary Mysore pak we've been seeing from childhood. This Mysore pak is so much Fluid rather than solid. It is completely flooded with Pure Ghee & other necessary add ons also. Other than Mysore Pak, Guru Sweet Mart also sells most of the Indian sweets we are familiar to. So, if you're planning a Trip to Mysuru, just blindly go and taste the original Mysore pak from...

They are pioneers of the world famous Mysore pak, they have around 5 different varieties of mysore paks.

The Mysore Pak is prepared and given at weddings and other festivals, including baby showers, in southern India.

The Maharaja of Mysore, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, was a food lover and maintained a large kitchen at the Amba Vilas Palace in Mysore.

Kakasura Madappa, the head chef known for preparing sweets, began experimenting, wanting to present the King with something unusual. Adding gram flour, ghee and sugar, he made a soft paaka (or mixture). Madappa was called in and asked for its name. He said the first thing that came to his mind - 'Mysore Pak'. The Maharaja loved the sweet so much that he asked Madappa to open a sweet shop outside the premises of the palace.

Paaka or extreme sweet refers to the sticky sugar syrup obtained by simmering sugar with an equal amount of water; specifically for Mysore pak, the simple syrup heated to the softball stage. The syrup is used as the primary sweetening agent in various Indian sweet dishes like Jalebi, Gulab Jamun, Badam puri, Mysore pak and others. The syrup is given taste with spice essences like cardamom, rose, honey etc. Paaka syrup preparation is a skilled art mastered by only a few cooks, some of whom keep their methods secret.

The recipe improved through the years. However, the original sweet made with the original recipe is still available at the famous "Guru Sweets" stores in Devaraja Market, run by Kumar and Shivanand,...