Pumpkin tutti frutti

 Pumpkin tutti frutti 

Tutti frutti is a colourful confectionery which is usually prepared with raw papaya, but in this recipe I prepared tutti frutti with pumpkin. It is used in cakes, buns, biscuits, custard and can be served as a topping on ice cream or waffles. 

Ingredients -

2 cup pumpkin chopped/ diced

4 cups water

For syrup -

1/2 + 1/4 cup (3/4 cup) sugar

1-1/2 cup water

For colour -

Pinch red food colour

Pinch green food colour 

Method - 

1. Peel and wash pumpkin. Chop it or dice it in small cubes. 

2. Add 4 cups water in a bowl. Boil it. Add diced pumpkin pieces. Keep boiling it on high flame for 5-10 minutes or until it is semi cooked. Stir in between. 

3. It is perfectly cooked. 

4. Drain the water. 

5. In another bowl add sugar and 1-1/2 cup water. Mix well and heat until sugar dissolves. 

6. Add semi cooked pumpkin pieces. Keep the flame on high. Stir in between. 

7. Boil it for 25-30 minutes or until pumpkin pieces are soft and properly coated with sugar.

8. Perfectly done.

9. Remove it in bowl. Divide it in 2 equal parts.

10. Add red food colour in 1 bowl. 

11. Mix well. 

12. And green food colour in another bowl. 

13. Mix well.  

14. Keep aside for 12 hours or for 1 day. 

15. After 12 hours mix it. 

16. Spread it on wire mesh or kitchen towel. 

17. Let it dry completely. It will take 1 day to dry up completely. 

18. Pumpkin tutti frutti is ready. 

19. It can be consumed immediately or can be stored in fridge. 

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