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I got this recipe from my aunt a few years back. She gave me
a bottle of this wine and the recipe when she visited me while I was holidaying in my home
town. The moment I tasted the wine I was in love with it and it is now one of
our favorites. Guava / perakka is not easily available here and when I found
some a couple of months back I immediately made this wine. This wine is very sweet which mellows with ageing. I think the addition of kalkandam / rock sugar gives
it a very nice taste and whoever has tasted this wine so far
has given it 5 stars :) :)…. Thanks to Sally
aunty for giving me this recipe.
See the colour difference of the wine: This picture taken immediately
after I made the wine...
....And this one is
taken 6 months after … it’s now light
golden color.
Homemade Guava Wine Recipe / Perakka Wine Recipe
Cooking time – 10 minutes
Ready in 42 days
Yield –about 5 liters
Ingredients:
Guava / Perakka – 1 kg (not overly ripe)
Sugar – 1 ½ to 2 kg (depending upon the sweetness of guava)
Boiled cooled water – 4 liters
Yeast – 1 tbsp ( I only used ½ tbsp)
Kalkandam / Rock Sugar – 250 gm
Method:
- Wash and then wipe guava with a clean cloth.
- Dice guava into small pieces.
- Put diced guava pieces, sugar, water and yeast into a clean sterilized bottle/ bharani; mix well and cover the bottle with a clean cloth or with lid little loosely.
- Stir this mixture for 21 days.
- After 21 days strain the mixture through a clean cheese cloth / muslin cloth into a clean dry vessel.
- Clean and sterilize the bottle / bharani or use another sterilized bottle and pour the strained wine and add kalkandam / Rock sugar mix well until kalkamdam / rock sugar dissolves.
- Keep this again for another 21 days and thereafter strain the wine again and pour it into clean dry bottles.
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Yum! My mom makes fruit wine a lot, I've always been scared to try. This sounds great! Buzzed ya!
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ReplyDeletePassei para uma visitinha.
Onde moro tem muitas goiabas...
são frutas bem tropicais.
Boa semana!
Beijinhos.
Brasil.
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Never thought we could make so many varieties of wine at home! Hats off!
ReplyDeletePictures are great. Does the wine have a hint of guava flavour?
ReplyDeleteloved this fruit wine recipe ! YUM
ReplyDeletewhat to do with diced guava ?
ReplyDeleteHi Swapna,
ReplyDeleteGreat website! Can you please tell me if the yeast used in wine making is the common yeast found in supermarkets?
Thanks,
Jan
Thanks.. yes, common dry yeast...
Deletedid u add sodium metabisulphide after the wine is ready?
ReplyDeleteHai,i'd like to try this wine.but please tell me do i have to refrigerate after the final process.I live in coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.Waiting for ur reply.Thank U
ReplyDeleteDon't freeze wine put it a cool dark place. Probably a basement.
DeleteHai Swapna,
ReplyDeleteI'd like to try this recipe.But please tell me do i have to refrigerate after the final process(to store).I'm at Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu.Waiting for ur reply.Thank u.
No you don't have to refrigerate. Store at room temperature
DeleteCan u tell me how many days we can save the wine
DeleteIf properly stored in sterilized bottles wine can keep years! Hope you have heard wine improves with aging!!!
DeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteIn the third step, you have mentioned to add water, sugar, yeast. Do we add them one by one or make a mixture of these and add?
Similarly after adding kalkandam to the mixture, what we are doing is mixing the entire mix with a spatula or just rotating the bharani?
Please let me know.
Thank you,
Vidya
Hi Vidya,
DeleteJust add everything in the bharani and mix well. Yes you have to mix the mixture with a spoon after adding kalkandam until it dissolves.
In step 6 "Clean and sterilize the bottle / bharani or use another sterilized bottle and pour the strained wine and add kalkandam / Rock sugar mix well until kalkamdam / rock sugar dissolves. "
ReplyDeletewhat does it meant when you say add Rock sugar and mix it well?? Do we need more Rock sugar other than the amount that you have mentioned i.e. 1.5-2 kgs or is it half of the 1.5-2 kgs you have mentioned??
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI re-read the recipe again .So no confusion about the sugar amount. Just read two different sugar types. I haven't heard of Rock sugar in my place. What is a Rock sugar and what can be used to substitute it if not found? And do we have to stir the mixture everyday for the first 21 days?
Rock sugar (Kalkandam)is solidified/crystallized sugarcane juice. Also called rock sugar. If you don't find it just skip that step and add additional 200 or 250 gms of sugar depending upon the sweetness of guava. Yes you have to stir the mixture everyday for the first 21 days.
DeleteThanks.. I'm going to try this tonight..wish me luck :)
DeleteMade this-must make it again. Thank you so much for all these excellent recipes. This one is my favourite.
ReplyDeleteWow looks so cool.. and I love all the glasses you’ve used for this recipe.. I love guava juice and I usually buy KDD Harvest’s guava juice and use it for cocktails also.. this wine looks amazing.. I am definitely making this wine soon… Is it necessary to store it in glass? Or is it okay to use plastic container?
ReplyDeleteFor healthier reasons it's better to store in glass bottles Diksha.
DeleteCan i store the mixturr in steel vessel before removing the juice n putting in glass bottles since i dnt have barnis
ReplyDeleteYes
DeleteThanks Swapna for the reply...i hope steel doesnt cause any reaction with the wine
DeleteAlso i wanted to mention that the guavas were slightly between unripe n ripe.. Like yellow green..but when i cut them... The edges of the fruit still looked raw n hard..is it because of this...how to rectify??
DeleteSwapna,
ReplyDeleteDid you seed and peel the guava or chop them whole?
Thanks! Looking forward to trying this.
Chop the whole guava David.
DeleteHi swapna...i have kept for a new batch of wine...but i added the yeast when the must was still hot...because of this till next morning i didnt see any fermentation happening....so i added same quantity again...will it start fermentation... Cos its afternoon now n i still see no fermentation... Pls advice asap
ReplyDeleteHi Judy, wine fermentation is not that you will see instantly! It will take time for fermentation process and it will also depend on the outside weather too..... you need to be patient my dear to see the result :)
DeleteHi Swapna. I tried making your wine and it tastes a bit bitter. I used pink guavas. Can anything be done?
ReplyDeleteHi Cicy, I hope it is not bitter like vinegar! If not mix some sugar and check.
DeletePlease provide me a recipe for Apple wine
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy swapna
ReplyDeleteBut .....does it give u the kick ;-)
Hi sapna
ReplyDeleteToday is day 21
The wine is sweeter than expected
1.Do I need to add sugar ...I think it would get very sweet
2. Is there any way I can lessen the sweetnes
Pls reply fast
Regards faroukh.poacha@gmail.com
If the wine is sweet enough you don't need to add more sugar. The wine's sweetness will reduce little bit while aging, other than that you cannot do anything to reduce it's sweetness.
DeleteThanks a ton swapna
ReplyDeleteHi Swapna...I made this wine in Oct 2016..And was waiting to write the review...This is one of the homemade wines I have tasted..The color is beautiful golden..N the taste divine... Thanks for sharing this recipe...
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the review. So glad to hear you liked the wine!
Deletei have tried your most wine recipes.they are best. but in ginger wine i mixed yeast also. it was awesome.today iam going to try perakka wine also. can we make mango wine?
ReplyDeletehi swapna :)
ReplyDeletejust a question on the wine. when will the cooking happen? coz its on the recipe that there will be 10 minutes cooking time
Hi Swapna,
ReplyDeleteI'm a professional grape winemaker. I have no idea about guava wine making, but we are going to make guava wine commercially soon.
I will start doing trial with your recipe and definitely it will be very helpful to me.
Mine turned to vinegar. What went wrong?
ReplyDeleteI made this recipe in 2013 and relished my last bottle this werk. As good as guava liqueur...thanks Swapna. Making a batch again this week.
ReplyDeleteHow much yeast I have to use for 20 litres yeild?
ReplyDeleteHi Swapna,
ReplyDeleteI m going to try your guava wine tonight. But before that, I need to clarify my doubt. What is the yardstick of sweetness. You have asked to add 1.5 to 2kg. But I wouldn't know where to stop. I m new to wine making. So please help me to understand. I don't want to add less and make a vinegar instead!
Hi,This is a very sweet wine, so if you want a sweet wine you have to add 2kg sugar, or else you can add 1.5kg first and when you strain the wine after fermentation, if you feel like you need more sweetness add rest of the sugar at that time... hope this helps...
DeleteThank you very much. Let me try and let you know how it has turned out. During these lock down days home made wine is a life saviour! Thanks to you!
ReplyDeleteHey swapnaji, wine contains alcohol so after fermentation Guava wine will also contains alcohol.
ReplyDeleteHi Swapna, Thanks for sharing the recipe & tips. Just a query.... Can I use ready guava juice & not add sugar? I have tried that with pineapple juice but had added caramelised sugar to it. Am looking at a more dry unsweet type of wine. Do let me know your views. Thanks once again.
ReplyDeleteHi Bennett, I have never tried making wine with readymade juice, so I am not sure how the taste will be... If you want dry wine you can reduce the amount of sugar in my recipe and try it...
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