Name: Guava Cheese/Perad recipe by Gloria Fernandes at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Guava (big) riped 4 to 5; Sugar 2 cups; Lime juice 1tbsp; 1 tbsp butter/ghee; 2 -3 drops of pink colour

Instructions

Wash the guava well and boil them in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles or in a vessel until soft .
Cut them,scoop the seeds. Mash the pulp, or grind it to a pulp using your mixer/grinder .
Boil the seeds with 1/2 cup water and grind it too.
Weigh the pulp ,you need exactly the same amount of sugar ,if you get 2 cups pulp we need 2 cups sugar
In a non stick pan or a thick bottomed vessel put the pulp and the sugar .
Cook on low flame ,stirring with a wooden spoon .
Once it begins to bubble add lime juice , few drops of colour and ghee/butter .
Keep stirring constantly you will see that the mixture beings to thicken .
To test if it's done drop a small drop of mixture in a bowl filled with cold water if the mixture disintegrates means it still needs to cook .
Keep stirring till it gets thick and begins to stick to the spoon .
Test the mixture again by dropping it in another glass of cold water ,if it forms a ball the mixture is ready.
Remove the mixture on a well greased thali and spread with the spatula .
Allow it to cool for 4-5 hours and then cut it into diamond or square shape

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