A twist of our favourite lasagne with Indian vegetable makhani. A flavour bomb of plated de-constructed fusioned lasagne.
3 Quick and Easy Tips to improve your photo editing / Indo- Italian fusion vegetable makhani lasagne.

Indo- Italian fusion vegetable makhani lasagne.

Editing programmes and food presentations really have the ability to take your photographs to the next level. Here are a few tips with my video on how to cook a fusion lasagne.

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If you are a food lover or a food blogger, then you know how important is the editing process in food photography and food plating. Pinterest is definitely the best place which makes us hungry and these photographs play a great roll in driving traffic to your site.

There is so many free software you can use for photo editing. Examples Picmonkey, Pixlr,… My favourite place for editing is Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. I really wanted to share my tips and tricks for easily getting those beautiful food photographs with just a few simple edits.

3 Quick and Easy Tips to improve your photo editing / Indo- Italian fusion vegetable makhani lasagne.

For this tutorial to import the photography to lightroom, a little trick that I like to do is click the first photo of the section, hold down the shift key and click the last photo I want to use. This selects only the photos I want to use and import.

3 Quick and Easy Tips to improve your photo editing / Indo- Italian fusion vegetable makhani lasagne.

step 1

Correcting the white balance

Select the develop mode for editing. When you take the photograph it can be a bit too dark or too bright. It can be corrected using the appropriate white balance if you are captured in the raw file. By using the little dropper which is the white balance selector, you can choose your settings. Or with the dropper choose a white/ black or grey portion in the photograph. It automatically corrects the colours in the photo.

3 Quick and Easy Tips to improve your photo editing / Indo- Italian fusion vegetable makhani lasagne.

step 2

Correcting the exposure

Don’t get it too dark or too bright. To make colours outstanding slightly adjust the contrast.

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 Step 3

Adjust the shadows which brings a better depth and texture to the photograph. To bring the colours outstanding, adjust the vibrance and saturation.

Take a look at the difference in photographs.

3 Quick and Easy Tips to improve your photo editing / Indo- Italian fusion vegetable makhani lasagne.

If you are new to lightroom you can download lightroom app on your phone. It is easy to use and great to share on social media like Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook.

3 Quick and Easy Tips to improve your photo editing / Indo- Italian fusion vegetable makhani lasagne.

I love fusion foods!! Blending cuisines from different regions. Here we make a twist of our favourite lasagne with Indian vegetable makhani. A flavour bomb of plated de-constructed fusioned lasagne.

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3 Quick and Easy Tips to improve your photo editing / Indo- Italian fusion vegetable makhani lasagne.

How to make De-constructed Fusioned vegetable lasagne.

 Ingredients.
  • Aubergine                   – 3 round slices
  • Mozzarella cheese     – 1 slice
  • Chopped vegetables  – (1/4 cup carrots/ 1/4 cup beans/ 1/4 cup cauliflower)
  • Oil                                – 2 tsp
  • Ginger garlic paste   – 1/2 tsp
  • Tomato puree            – 1/2 cup (fresh or canned)
  • Cashew nuts              – 10 nos
  • Bay leaf                     – 1 small
  • Cumin seeds            – 1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder     – 1/4 tsp
  • Chilli powder             – to taste
  • Kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)- A pinch.
  • Honey                       – 1/2 tsp
  • Fresh cream             – 3 spoons
  • Salt to taste

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Method
  1. Grill the aubergines and keep them aside.
  2. Heat the oil, sauté cumin seeds, cinnamon, bay leaf, cloves, star anise & clove.
  3. Add half teaspoon ginger garlic paste followed by chopped onions.
  4. Cook onions are translucent and add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chilli powder.
  5. Once the aroma comes out from the spices, add 1/2 cup tomato puree.
  6. Add 10 cashew nuts in the gravy, cook the gravy to full. Cool and blend the gravy.
  7. Bring back gravy to fire and cook the chopped vegetables.
  8. Once the vegetables are cooked add 1/4 tsp garam masala and a pinch of Kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves) followed by buttercream and honey.
  9. Cook the grilled aubergines in the gravy and keep them aside.
  10. Layer the aubergines with vegetable makhani, top with a slice of Mozzarella cheese and melt with a blow torch.
  11. Your de-constructed, fusion vegetable makhani lasagne is ready to serve.
 
 
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Vegetable Makhani Lasagne

A twist of our favourite lasagne with Indian vegetable makhani. A flavour bomb of plated de-constructed fusioned lasagne.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Fusion, Indian, Italian
Keyword fusuioned vegetable lasagne, Makhani lasagne
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 1
Calories 917kcal
Author Sumith Babu
Cost £3

Ingredients

  • 3 medium sized aubergine slices
  • 1 mozzarella slice
  • 1/4 cup carrots chopped
  • 1/4 cup beans chopped
  • 1/4 cup cauliflower chopped
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1/2 cup tomato chopped
  • 5 nos cashew nuts
  • 1 small bay leaf
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/4 tsp chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp dry fenugreek leaves kasuri methi
  • 1/2 tsp honey
  • 2 tbsp fresh cream
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  • Grill the aubergines and keep aside.


  • Heat the oil, sauté cumin seeds, cinnamon, bay leaf, cloves, star anise & clove.


  • Add half teaspoon ginger garlic paste followed by chopped onions.


  • Cook onions are translucent and add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chilli powder.


  • Once the aroma comes out from the spices, add 1/2 cup tomato puree.


  • Add 10 cashew nuts in the gravy, cook the gravy to full. Cool and blend the gravy.


  • ring back gravy to fire and cook the chopped vegetables.



  • Once the vegetables are cooked add 1/4 tsp garam masala and pinch of kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves) followed by butter cream and honey.


  • Cook the grilled aubergines in the gravy and keep aside.


  • Layer the aubergines with vegetable makhani, top with a slice of Mozzarella cheese and melt with a blow torch.


  • Your de-constructed, fusioned vegetable makhani lasagne is ready to serve.


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Nutrition

Calories: 917kcal | Carbohydrates: 97g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 60g | Saturated Fat: 42g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 94mg | Potassium: 3588mg | Fiber: 44g | Sugar: 57g | Vitamin A: 6872IU | Vitamin C: 58mg | Vitamin E: 7mg | Calcium: 154mg | Iron: 5mg