Strawberry Halwa/Kesari

Plain Kesari or semolina halwa is flavoured with kesar or cardamom. Sometimes it is also flavoured with different fruits. It is usually flavoured with ripe bananas when it is an offering to god. In restaurants it is flavoured with fresh pineapples or Sapota/chikoo. Here, I have tried with strawberries and the outcome has been excellent.

Ingredients:
1 cup - Semolina
1 cup - Sugar
2.5 - Cups water
1 cup - Chopped strawberries
1 cup - Clarified butter
Few Cashew nuts for garnishing

Method:
In a frying pan, toast the cashew nuts in little clarified butter. Remove in a plate. In the same pan, roast the Semolina with few teaspoons of clarified butter. Add the straw berries. Stir cook for few seconds. Switch off the flame. Then, in another pan keep the water to boil. When it begins to boil, reduce the flame and add the roasted semolina and strawberries. Cook stirring continuously, till everything becomes a mass. Then, add the sugar. It will become little loose and diluted. Then, add the clarified butter and continue to cook on low flame. When it leaves the sides of the pan, remove from heat. Garnish with fried cashew nuts.
No need to add cardamom or colour.