Ingredients

• 500g - half-ripe papaya
• 2 cups - sugar
• 1 tsp - citric acid
• A few drops green food colouring

How to Make Papaya Preserve

• Remove the peel and seeds of papaya and cut into big pieces.
• Boil till quite tender, drain out the water and prick the pieces with a fork.
• Put sugar and 1 cup water in a vessel. When it dissolves, put in the acid and boil for 2-3 mins, remove from fire and strain, then reheat and put in papaya and colour.
• Cook over a slow fire till the syrup strings a thread, remove and cool and bottle.