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Perad - Guava Cheese

3.57 from 73 votes

Ingredients
  

  • 700 gms Ripe Guavas - yields 1.5 cups of paste
  • 1.5 cups of sugar
  • Juice of 1/2 Lime
  • 1 tsp red Kashmiri Chilli powder
  • 1.5 tbsps Butt

Method
 

  1. Wash, and cut your Guavas and place on a trivet in a pressure cooker
  2. Cook for 2 - 5 mins depending on the ripeness
  3. Remove and add to a blender and blend
  4. Strain the mixture and measure
  5. Add the paste to a pot and add equal quantities in cups of sugar and allow the sugar to melt
  6. Add the lime juice
  7. Add the optional chilli powder
  8. Cook this for about 17 mins
  9. Add the butter
  10. Remove and pour into a greased dish and allow to set
  11. Once set, cut and remove and store in an airtight container