Strawberry Halwa

Ingredients:

200 gm strawberries

1/2 cup corn flour

1- 1 1/4 cup sugar

3 tbsp ghee

1/2-3/4 tsp cardamom powder

fried cashew nuts, to garnish

Preparation:

1. Wash and chop the strawberries and puree it until smooth using a blender ( about 1 cup) and keep it aside.
2. Add corn flour to 2 cups of water and mix well without any lumps.
3. In a thick bottomed pan, add the strawberry puree, sugar and 2 cups of corn flour solution and stir continuously at medium flame till it starts to thicken.
4.  Add 2 tbsp of ghee to this and stir well till it starts to separate from the pan.
5. Add cardamom powder to this and stir well.
6. Then add remaining 1 tbsp of ghee and stir well. When the mixture separates from the pan, switch off the flame.
7. Transfer to a greased steel plate and level/ flatten smoothly with a spoon and garnish with cashew nuts. 
8. Allow to cool completely and then cut into desired size pieces and serve...