In a nonstick pan, take a cup of sugar, cook on low flame. After few minutes the sugar will start melting.
Continue stirring until the sugar completely melts. Now, slowly add the 1/4 cup water and continue cooking on high flame, stirring all the time.
When it starts to boiling and bubbling, the colour will turn to amber. This stage you remove from flame, slowly pour the 1/2 cup water and mix well.
The syrup will turn to thin liquid. Now, put this back on stove, stir for another 3 mins. Remove from flame and keep it aside.
When the syrup cools down, it would have thicken and becomes almost honey like texture.
Store this well in a bottle.