How to Make Tutti Frutti Candies at Home - Soft & Chewy Papaya Sweets
International Cuisine
Ingredients
- 300 ml Water
- 1/4 tsp vanilla essence
- 400 gms Papaya
- 300 gms Sugar
Instructions
- 1
We will need a medium sized Papaya for making our candies which will be approximately 400gms.
- 2
We need to cut the papaya into smaller pieces. Start removing the seeds of the papaya.
- 3
You can cut the papaya into shapes and sizes according to your liking.
- 4
We have chopped the papaya into small pieces.
- 5
Take water in a utensil and start heating it.
- 6
Add the papaya to the water
- 7
Cover the utensil with a lid and cook it for 2-3 minutes
- 8
After 2-3 minutes you can remove the lid and give the mixture a quick mix.
- 9
Remove the papaya from the water and keep is aside.
- 10
Time to prepare the sugar syrup. Take 300 gms of sugar in a utensil.
- 11
Add 300 ml water to it and start heating it.
- 12
After a few minutes, the sugar will dissolve in the water.
- 13
At this stage add the boiled papaya to the water and keep heating it.
- 14
Cover the utensil with a lid and let the papaya cook for 10-12 minutes.
- 15
After a few minutes open the lid and stop heating the mixture. We do not want to boil the sugar a syrup a lot or else there will be crystal formed.
- 16
We will need to use food color for our candies. If you do not want to use food color, you may leave the candies transparent as well.
- 17
Add 1/4 tsp of vanilla essence to the mixture.
- 18
Divide the mixture in equal parts and add them to different bowls.
- 19
Add different food colors to all the mixtures and leave of the mixture as it is.
- 20
Mix everything together. Let the candies be soaked in the sugar syrup and food color for 20 hrs.
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