In a saucepan, take the strawberries, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice. Cook on medium flame until the strawberries soften and the mixture thickens about 5 mins. Switch off the gas and keep aside
In a pan, heat up the ghee. Once the ghee melts, switch off the gas and add the warm milk.
Mix and add the milk powder, almond powder, rava and coconut if using. Stir to combine.
Switch on the gas and cook to thicken about 3 mins. Add the sugar and cook until it thickens once again another 5 -6 mins.
Finally, add in the prepared strawberry compote and mix everything up well. Add a drop of food colouring if you wish to.
The whole peda won't take more than 10-15 mins to come together. Once it is thickened enough; just like a dough transfer it to a greased plate and allow it to cool a bit about 30 mins.
Grease your hands with some ghee and start making pedas out of it. (Refer video).
Make some indentation with your fingers and add chopped pistachios to it. Let it air dry for another 1 to 2 hours and you are ready to enjoy them.. <3
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