Papaya Tutti- frutti - Papaya Candy
Tutti-frutti is papaya candy made by soaking cooked raw , green papaya in sugar syrup . It is available in different colors in shop. In this recipe the candy is colored naturally.
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw papaya chopped
- 1.5 cup sugar
- 7 cups of water
- 2 tsp grated beets
Instructions
- Peel off the papaya skin. Cut it into 4 pieces. Remove the seeds and the white portion. Cut it into small cubes.
- Boil 4 cups of water. When it starts boiling, add the papaya cubes into it. Cook for 3 minutes over medium heat.
- Remove from heat and let it be in hot water for another 5 minutes.
- Take the remaining water in another bowl. Add sugar and cook until the sugar dissolves.
- Strain the cooked papaya and add to the sugar syrup.
- Cook over medium flame until the sugar syrup becomes thick and sticky, but before reaching the one thread consistency.
- Remove from heat.
- Add the grated beets and mix well. Let the papaya cubes soak in syrup for 24 hours.
- After that strain and spread the papaya candy on a wire mesh until dried.
- Store in an air-tight container.