Contemplations and Ruminations

So I've grown used to taking pictures of anything and everything... before it was mainly for my blog, but now I do it for Instagram. I've even started attending functions where I have to socialise with ' elders ' (not something I'm fond of .. I prefer hanging out with my crowd of people), mainly because I get to instagram the event. Anyway, these are pictures of the food I cooked at home in Geneva and other dishes we ate in restaurants. My mother used to make puff pastries often when we were kids, they are unbelievably easy to make and quite tasty too. I made quite a few of them at my brother's place. Here the puff pastry dough is rolled out onto a baking sheet...  And lined with ham...  Then some sauteed onions and capsicums...  Added slices of cheese...  Braided the dough then applied an egg wash. And here it is, the ham and capsicum puff pastry...  Made this pasta for us, the smaller one is for my brother cause he likes his pas...

So poori and potato, I am not a big fan of the deep fried poori , how healthy can anything deep fried be? But I love the potatoes, I love the way my mom makes them, not liquidly but a mashed potato kinda masala that can be folded within a poori and eaten. Makes for a great packed lunch too, neither messy nor fussy, just convenient and pretty good.  First, cut the potatoes and boil them in water till they are cooked. Finely chop a green chillie and an inch of ginger, and saute them in a little oil. Finely slice a couple of onions and add them to the pan. Now the onions have to be sautéed till they caramelise, and turn golden brown. This is the defining moment, this is what gives the simple potato its awesome quality, that sweetness of the brown tinted caramelized onions along with the wholesome goodness of the potato is as good as any breakfast could get. Nicely caramelized... this takes bout 10 to 15 minutes, while you stir conti...

Some time back, a few guests were coming over for lunch and most of the food was already cooked and ready, when we remembered that one of the guests was a vegetarian. There was some paneer in the fridge,  to save time on the cooking I decided to throw all the ingredients I had into a pan and bake it. I really had no idea, it would come out this good.  Take a couple of onions and cube them, (cut them into cube like chunks). Do the same with a capsicum, I used a rather large capsicum here. Then cube some tomatoes and drop them into the dish. In another dish, add a generous quantity of thick yogurt. Drop in some garam masala powder... Add a little turmeric... Then Chillie powder... Then a generous quantity of coriander powder... Next add a little Jeera powder... Then drop in some ginger garlic paste... And enough quantity of salt... Mix this whole thing up with a spoon... Drop in the cubed vegetables...  And mix it...