home made tutti fruitti

ingredients

raw papaya -400 gm
sugar 400 gms
vanilla essence 1/2 tsp
edible food colours - red,orange,yellow,green(optional)
water as needed

method

chop raw papaya and remove the seeds along with the white part.peel of the skin of papaya  

boil 4-6 cups of water in a sauce pan.once it starts boiling,add chopped raw papaya and let it cook for 3 minutes.

remove from the heat and let the papaya remain in  the same water for another 5  minutes.

meanwhile,cook 400 gms of sugar and 3-4 cups of water in a pan,once sugar is diluted completely in water add papaya pieces in to it.then add 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence to it.

after cooking it on medium flame for about 15-20 minutes.the sugar syrup is getting thick and form one string consistency.at that consistency switch off the flame..let it cool down for 10 minutes.

add a pinch of 3 different colors in a bowls and filled with papaya sugar syrup.mix well and keep it aside for 12-24 hours.

after that take out the papaya cubes from sugar syrup and strain them properly.

spread those papaya cubes over a wire net placed on the top of a plate.

let them dry till the stickiness is totally absorbed.after two days the dried tutti fruitti cut in to small cubes ,dried for another 4-5 hours.then in a air tight container place the dried tutti fruitti add 3-4 drops of cooking oil close the lid add shake it for 2 minutes(preservative) ,then kept in fridge.it will be use up to 3-4 months
store the tutti frutti in an airtight container and use whenever needed.