easy tutti frutti recipe | how to make tutti frutti | tutty fruity
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 300 grams
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 500 grams raw papaya / papita
- 7 cup water
- 2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 drops food colour (red, green, yellow)
Method
- firstly, take raw papaya and peel the skin of it.
- cut the papaya into small cubes
- boil the papaya cubes in 4 cup water for 5 minutes.
- cook until the papaya cubes turn into semi-transparent.
- drain off the water and keep aside.
- now in a large kadai take 2 cup sugar and 3 cup water.
- further, add semi cooked raw papaya cubes and stir.
- boil for 20 minutes stirring in between.
- make sure to check for 1 string consistency of sugar syrup and papaya to turn soft yet retain its shape.
- turn off the flame and add 1 tsp vanilla extract. mix well.
- divide the cooked papaya cubes into 3 parts along with sugar syrup.
- add 4 drops of red, yellow and green food colour to each part and mix well.
- allow to soak for 12 hours or a day making sure papaya absorbs all the colour.
- now drain off the sugar syrup and allow them to dry over kitchen towel.
- once the tutti-frutti dries off completely it will not be sticky. mix the colours together.
- finally, tutti frutti is ready to consume immediately or refrigerate for later use.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.