Todays Rave - Twisted Recipes (Kaju Barfi)

Ok, so i love to cook..love to experiment. It is such a good time for folks like me, so much inspiration around and so many talented chefs who post their tips with much dedication all over the internet, my recipes credit goto every one of them, friends and family included. I love thai and Indian food and any related cuisine. I am a vegetarian who is also on a "diet" so this gets very interesting as my twists are usually to replace sugar or carbs or what not. I kinda like the principles of South Beach diet and have my antennas up for anything and everything on low glycemic scale. Here are some of my twisted recipes that i tried recently that turned out fairly decent and my family enjoyed!

Kaju Barfi:

I soaked 1 cup of cashews overnight, ground it up into a coarse paste in the morning. In a pan, i combined cashew(kaju) paste, 2-3 tsp of Agave nectar, pinch of cardamom powder, dash of vanilla essence, 1 tsp of clarified butter(ghee), some shredded coconut and sautéed the whole concoction for a good 20 minutes stirring continuously at medium to low heat until the whole mixture came together to form a ball. I switched off the stove, allowed it to cool a bit and then rolled the mixture out on a smooth plate and cut into random diamonds. Garnished each cashew diamond with a raw cashew. Traditional kaju katli is made with a lot more sugar and no vanilla essence. So here you go pictures of my low glycemic twisted kaju barfi..