Spiced Guava is a popular street food in Sri Lanka. We commonly call it as ‘Pera Achcharu’.Not only guava, we like to eat pineapple, mango, ambaralla or even ‘Veralu’ (Sri Lankan olive) with some spices added. I remember, during the school days we used to buy these from street vendors near the school. They dice fruits and add chili, salt and sugar mixture into diced fruits. We could buy a bag of ‘Achcharu’ for few rupees.
Still, I can’t resist the taste. Recently I tried some guava with added chili, sugar and salt mixture. This simple recipe reminds me my good old days and thought of sharing with you all.
Here is the simple Pera Achcharu (Spiced Guava) Recipe.
Ingredients
1 Guava
1 tspn chili powder
1 tspn sugar
1/4 tspn salt or to taste
Method
Wash guava. Cut it into small cubes.
In a bowl, mix chili powder sugar and salt together. Add few drops of water into it and make like a paste/sauce. Add diced guava into this and mix well.
Pera Achcharu is ready to eat.
28 comments
sounds interesting.. I normally do this with mango of cucumber… but with Guava it is new
Wow……spicy fruity…..yummy..:-)
I don’t think I’ve ever had guava! If it weren’t for your posts, I probably wouldn’t know about a lot of different recipes. 🙂
i love this…thats gona be spicy,sweet and tangy
wow!!this looks so tempting!!
super and mouthwatering here:)
We have guava tree at home back in India.. But have never tasted it this way..
Am sure it must taste awesome..
This is such a wonderful combi.
You reminded me of my childhood days ….loved to have this anytime !!!
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I Luv this, reminds me of my school days. Its so irresistible.
So lovely…my favorite way of eating guavas..
Beautiful clicks..
i usually eat guavas like this.. but i dont add sugar.. will try adding sugar next time..
lovely recipe and mouth watering.
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sounds good.
Reminding me my childhood days Amy. We had it oftenly….I know it is very luscious dear.
today’s recipe:
yummy
we use rock salt instead of chili powder.. great snack..
wow..love your preparation …sooper yummm
Tasty Appetite
finger licking spiced guava, gr8 presentation too 🙂
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My family does this too! With raw mangoes and papayas and because we are in the U.S. apples sometimes. Lovely tangy snack 🙂
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perfect and delicious..
Love this combination! lovely clicks…
Hi Amy, this is really tempting and irresistible. So refreshing!
Best regards.
Oh I love this idea. I love fruit but sometimes you get tired of just eating straight fruit. The chili with salt and sugar sounds like a great combo.
l LOVE IT.Thanks for your post.I will review it again.Recipes