Don't throw away the left over part of watermelon after eating the pink flesh. That's all you need to make this awesome tutti frutti.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Keyword candy, fruit candy, tutti frutti, watermelon
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Author Sowji'sKitchen
Ingredients
1 1/2cupwatermelon rindchopped
1cupwater
1/2cupsugar
1 1/2 cupwaterfor sugar syrup
Food colorsfew drops
1tspvanilla essence
Instructions
Take the watermelon rind and peel the skin and try to remove all the pink flesh part(if there is any left).
Cut them into stripes and later into small cubes.
Take wide pan add 1 cup water and boil.
Add chopped watermelon rind pieces and boil for 5 - 8 mins (until 50% done). strain and keep them aside.
In a sauce pan, add the sugar and water & put it on the flame.
Once the sugar is all melted, add the watermelon rind . Let it comes to boil and keep the flame in low and simmer for 8- 10 mins.
Remove from the flame and let it cool a bit. The watermelon rinds look transparent when it's cooked. add vanilla essence and mix well.
Divide the cooked watermelon rind into three equal bowl.
Add few drops of food colors(i have used yellow, red and green) in each bowl & mix it well.Let it sit aside for 1 hr.
Then drain the excess sugar syrup and spread it on plate and let it dry completely. When it dries, it shrink its size.
Tutti Frutti is ready. Store it in air tight container for future use. It can be used in all types of sweet bakery items
Notes
Cook the watermelon rind until it's transparent and still retains its shape. Don't over cook them otherwise it would be mushy.
Use any color as you like.
Make sure to let it dry completely and then store it.
Initially when the tutti frutti is wet, i have used tissue paper to avoid the color getting transferred to the vessel, once it's non sticky, transfer into clean plate for further drying.