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Guavacheese Recipe, How to make Guavacheese, Perad | Goan Christmas Sweet Recipe

December 18, 2019 by maria 16 Comments

Guavacheese recipe with step by step photos. Guavacheese  is a classic Goan festive sweet! Guavacheese is also known as Perad and Goia-bada in Portuguese.  One of the most famous sweet from Goa. I love guavacheese but loved the home version. As you could make how much you want. The guavas and lime flavor compliments each other it’s like match made in heaven. This dessert tastes sweet and sour both 😉

Guavacheese Recipe, How to make Guavacheese, Perad | Goan Christmas Sweet Recipe

Guavacheese Recipe

What’s Guavacheese? It’s a dessert made from Guavas, Sugar and lime juice. In some countries it’s also referred to as Romeo Juliet. Guavacheese is used as a spread on toast and some served with pastries. It’s a simple recipe made with basic ingredients found in kitchen.

I will come up with more authentic Goan recipes for Christmas. Love Goan food especially coastal food preparation and also the sweets which are less popular. I have already tried Goan Dodol, Rose Cookies, Goan Neuris, Doce De Grao and Eggless Baath Cake.

 

For this recipe you will have to select the soft Guavas not the one with hard skin. Further you will have to blanch them in hot water Or boil them until it gets tender. Later remove their seeds with the help of a spoon Or finger. The secret to this recipe is there should not be a single guava seed else it will come in your mouth while eating.

Guavacheese Recipe

 

How to make Guavacheese recipe :

1. Pressure cook the guavas with water until one whistle. Alternatively you could boil them in hot water until tender. Grease a baking tray Or dish with oil and place aside.

Guavacheese Recipe

2. Now comes the tough part peel off their skin and remove the seeds as much as you can. If seeds are yet into the mixture don’t panic it’s okay.

Guavacheese Recipe

3.Once you have your guava pulp ready. Collect them and grind for 2 to 3 mins.

Guavacheese Recipe

4. Take a fine mesh strainer and sieve the mixture gently.

Guavacheese Recipe

5. Once the pulp is gathered it should look appear like this. Discard this left over seed.

Guavacheese Recipe

6. Important part is weigh or measure the guava pulp. For instance if you have 2 cups of guava pulp then add 2 cups of powdered sugar. It should be in equal ratio. Take a wide bottomed vessel / kadai or pan add guava pulp.

Guavacheese Recipe

7. Now add powdered sugar and place on low heat.

Guavacheese Recipe

8. Mix all nicely and add lime juice.

Guavacheese Recipe

9. Keep stirring and don’t allow the pulp to stick to the bottom. Cook on low heat.

Guavacheese Recipe

10. The color will slowly change so is the texture. Once it starts thickening add dash of oil / butter/ ghee this would help in giving a nice shine and glaze to your guavacheese.

Guavacheese Recipe

11. The mixture would start leaving the edges of the pan. You could check this by a simple test put one drop of this mixture in water. If it solidifies your mixture is ready.

Guavacheese Recipe

12. With the help of cloth or gloves pour this hot mixture over the greased tray. With the help of spatula make the surface smooth and even. I greased a small metal bowl and with the help of it leveled the surface of the guavacheese. It’s important to level them while they are hot once they cool down it would be difficult to do so.

Guavacheese Recipe

13. Allow to cool down cut into squares or diamonds. Serve guavacheese Or store into an airtight container should live upto a week. I have just garnished with pistachio flakes however that’s optional.

Guavacheese Recipe

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5.0 from 1 reviews
Guavacheese Recipe, how to make guavacheese
 
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Prep time
20 mins
Cook time
40 mins
Total time
1 hour
 
Guavacheese recipe - a classic Goan festive sweet! Guavacheese is also known as Perad and Goia-bada in Portuguese. One of the most famous sweet from Goa.
Author: Maria@flavorsofmumbai.com
Recipe type: Dessert
RecipeCuisine: Indian
Serves: 12
recipeIngredient (used american measuring cup, 1 cup = 250 ml)
  • 1 kg ripe guavas with soft skin
  • 250 gms powdered sugar or as required (sugar should be equal to guava pulp)
  • 1 lime juice
  • 1 tbsp oil / ghee / butter (I used oil)
  • some pistachio flakes for garnish (optional)
  • few drops of pink color (optional) I haven't used color
How to make the recipe?
  1. Pressure cook the guavas with water until one whistle. Alternatively you could boil them in hot water until tender. Grease a baking tray or dish with oil and place aside.
  2. Now comes the tough part peel off their skin and remove the seeds as much as you can. Once you have your guava pulp ready.
  3. Collect them and grind for 2 to 3 mins.
  4. Take a fine mesh strainer and sieve the mixture gently.
  5. Once the pulp is gathered it should look appear like this. Discard this left over seed.
  6. Important part is weigh or measure the guava pulp. For instance if you have 2 cups of guava pulp then add 2 cups of powdered sugar. It should be in equal ratio.
  7. Take a wide bottomed vessel / kadai Or pan add guava pulp.
  8. Now add sugar and place on low heat.
  9. Mix all nicely and add lime juice.
  10. Keep stirring and don't allow the pulp to stick to the bottom. The color will slowly change so is the texture.
  11. Once it starts thickening add dash of oil / butter/ ghee this would help in giving a nice shine and glaze to your guavacheese.
  12. The mixture would start leaving the edges of the pan. You could check this by a simple test put one drop of this mixture in water. If it solidifies your mixture is ready.
  13. With the help of cloth or gloves pour this hot mixture over the greased tray. With the help of spatula make the surface smooth and even. I greased a small metal bowl and with the help of it leveled the surface of the guavacheese.
  14. Allow to cool down cut into squares or diamonds. Serve them or store into an airtight container should live upto a week. I have just garnished with pistachio flakes however that's optional.
Notes
1. It's important to cook this mixture on low heat and keep stirring all the time.
2. Ensure you sieve the mixture properly else the result won't be great. It's better to use a fine mesh strainer or this recipe.
3. If you are not fond of lime juice add only half a lime juice.
4. Guava pulp and sugar ratio should be equal.
5. You could also add a dash of pink or cochineal color. I dislike color in food hence haven't added.
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Filed Under: Budget, Dessert, Goan, Kid, Low Fat, vegan Tagged With: Bachelor Recipes, Easy Sweets - Dessert, Eggless Recipe, Vegan Dishes, Vegetarian Dishes

Comments

  1. Shaheen says

    November 30, 2018 at 12:00 pm

    Hii ma’am i m making guava cheese according to ur recipe and it is tasting yum bt after setting it is not coming out in pieces plz help me as i m preparing order

    Reply
    • maria says

      November 30, 2018 at 12:35 pm

      Shaheen hopefully you have cooked the mixture well please check step 11 which states : The mixture would start leaving the edges of the pan. You could check this by a simple test put one drop of this mixture in water. If it solidifies your mixture is ready. Try making guavacheese with a small batch first then make a large batch. All the best for your order and let me know if any queries.

      Reply
  2. Shireen says

    March 3, 2018 at 6:45 pm

    Hey i tried this today…result was good..everyone at home loved it..thank you so much for the recipe

    Reply
    • maria says

      March 4, 2018 at 2:19 pm

      Welcome Shireen, thanks for trying guavacheese recipe. Glad you liked this dessert 🙂

      Reply
  3. Meena says

    November 25, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    Have tried this first time and it was awesome as we always used to buy them from goa or eat during christmas. thanx for sharing this recipe my kids loved them.

    Reply
    • maria says

      November 25, 2015 at 3:54 pm

      pleased to know this meena thankyou for religiously trying the recipes and glad to know your kids liked guavacheese 🙂 you are welcome.

      Reply
  4. ingrid says

    July 6, 2015 at 5:41 pm

    will definitely try this.

    Reply
    • maria says

      July 6, 2015 at 5:45 pm

      sure ingrid 🙂

      Reply
  5. nidhi says

    December 14, 2013 at 2:54 pm

    Very tempting Maria. Guavas are in season. will definitely give it a try.

    Reply
    • maria says

      December 14, 2013 at 2:58 pm

      Thanks Nidhi do try it’s yum 🙂

      Reply
  6. Nupur says

    December 2, 2013 at 6:20 pm

    Very different sweet, unheard f !! Love the idea and presentation Maria 🙂

    Reply
    • maria says

      December 3, 2013 at 9:46 pm

      Hey thanks Nupur 🙂

      Reply
  7. SeasontheRecipe says

    November 27, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    Interesting Recipe! I never thought we could make something like this out of Guava. I will surely try it! Thanks for sharing it with us.

    Reply
    • maria says

      November 27, 2013 at 9:28 pm

      Welcome do try them it’s yum 🙂

      Reply
  8. Anita says

    November 27, 2013 at 3:10 pm

    Guava is plentiful in Indonesia, but this is the first time I have seen it turned into something like this, so interesting. I may give this a try in the future, thanks for sharing 🙂

    Reply
    • maria says

      November 27, 2013 at 4:30 pm

      Thanks Anita for dropping by do give a try it’s quite good 🙂

      Reply

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