Papaya Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 papaya, peeled and grated
1 teaspoon lime zest
2 teaspoons lime juice
3 cups sugar (approximately. use 3/4 cup sugar per every cup of papaya)
green food coloring or red food coloring

Preparation

Squeeze excess juice out of the grated papaya.
Measure the papaya: to every cup of papaya, add 3/4 cup sugar.
Mix the papaya, sugar, lime peel and lime juice in a saucepan.
Cook slowly over medium/low heat until the mixture \"gels\".
Add a few drops of food coloring.
Cool.
Shape into balls and roll the balls in granulated sugar.