Guava Cheese with jaggery | Jaggery Perad

Guava cheese with jaggery – a delicious sweet made with red guavas and jaggery without any artificial colours.

Guava cheese or Perad, a delicious Goan Christmas sweet is generally made with sugar. I wanted to try making guava cheese with jaggery for a long time. So, when I had two over-ripe red guavas at home, I decided to make guava cheese with jaggery. The guavas were bright pink in colour . So, when they combined with jaggery, they gave a beautiful colour to the guava cheese. So, here is my guava cheese with jaggery made with over-ripe red guavas without any artificial colours.

Ingredients

2 over-ripe red guavas (laal amrood)
200 grams jaggery (gud)
1 tsp lemon juice (nimbu ka ras)
1 tsp clarified butter (ghee)

Method

• Wash the guavas and cut each guava into 4 pieces.
• Transfer the guavas to a pressure cooker.
• Add half a cup of water. Cook for 2 whistles.
• Open the pressure cooker, after cooker cools down. 
• Blend softened guavas to a smooth paste.  
• Transfer the guava pulp to a big sieve.
• Gently press the guava pulp in the sieve to separate the seeds of the guava from the pulp. Keep this pulp aside. 
• Weigh the pulp. I got 200 grams of guava pulp after straining.
• You can add jaggery as much as the pulp or less, according to your palatte.
• I have used 200 grams of jaggery as the guavas were not too sweet.  
• Grease a tray and keep aside.
• Now, heat a thick bottomed pan.
• Add the guava pulp and jaggery. Keep stirring the mixture on a low flame.
• When the mixture starts thickening, add lemon juice and keep stirring. 
• Continue stirring till the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan.
• At this point, add ghee. The mixture will turn glossy. 
• To test if the mixture has reached the right consistency, put a small portion of the mixture in a small bowl of water.
• If it forms a soft ball without disintegrating in the water, then it is perfectly done.
• When the mixture leaves the pan and comes towards the centre of the pan, transfer it to the greased tray and spread evenly using a spatula.
• Allow it to cool completely.
• Cut into desired shapes. Store in an airtight container and serve as required.

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