Mix together:

Cornflour - 1 ¼ cups

Water - 1 ¼ cups

For sugar syrup:

Sugar - 3 level cups minus 2 tbsp sugar

Colour of choice

Lime juice - 2 tsp

Chopped nuts - ¾ cup

Ghee - ½ cup

Dissolve sugar in just enough water & boil for 5 mts, removing dirt.

Remove from fire.

Mix cornflour with cold water & add to the syrup.

Then add colour & cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture turns into a lump.

Mix lime juice & keep stirring.

When mixture sticks to the bottom of the pan, add ghee from time to time till mixture no more sticks to the sides & the whole ghee is absorbed.

This takes about 30-45 mts.

Switch off gas.

Add nuts, cardamom powder & mix well.

Pour into greased plate & cut.

If the knife does not cut, heat the blade a little, it will cut easily.