Watermelon Tanghulu Recipe
Watermelon tanghulu recipe is amazing and full of fun. It melts in mouth like no other dessert.
Materials
- 4 cups Watermelon cubes
- 2 cups Sugar
- 2 cups Water
- 1/4 cup Lemon Juice
- 1/2 tbsp. Black Salt
Instructions
- Cut watermelon into cubes and pat dry with the help of a kitchen towel
- Pierce each watermelon cube through the top with a toothpick or wooden skewer. Set aside
- Add sugar and water in a saucepan. Mix until well combined. Cook until sugar dissolves, bubble forms, and the mixture becomes golden
- Add lemon juice at this stage and insert a candy thermometer. Remember not to skip lemon juice as it prevents crystallization of sugar syrup, and you get a fine crunchy hard shell every time
- Heat until candy thermometer temperature reaches to 305F. It is hard to crack temperature-most suitable for perfect candy making.
Notes
- You can also cut watermelon in a triangular shape with peels.
- Refrigerate watermelon before coating it into caramel mixture. This step prevents syrup from sogging during the coating of fruit with sugar syrup.