Tutti Fruity / Tutti Frutti

Ingredients 

Raw papaya - 1 lb (450 g)
Food colors - 4 drops each (red, green, yellow) 

Sugar syrup

Water - 4 cups

Sugar - 2 cups 
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Method

1. Peel raw papaya and dice into very small cubes 
2. Steam the cubes for 5 minutes and keep it aside
3. Now cook  sugar syrup for 20 minutes on high heat 
4. Next add steamed papaya and cook on high meat till the mixture starts drying out. 
5. Add vanilla essence and mix well.
6. Create three portions of the above cooked papaya- sugar mix in a three separate bowl.
7. Add 4 drops of each bowl. 
8. Mix well and spread it on a plate and sun dry for few days OR
9. spread in a baking tray and dry in oven at 180F for few hours 
10. Store dry tutti frutti in refrigerator or freezer.