Vegetable makhani lasagne – 3 Tips for photo editing

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.
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.
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.
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.
step 2
Correcting the exposure
Don’t get it too dark or too bright. To make colours outstanding slightly adjust the contrast.
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.
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.
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.
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
Method
- Grill the aubergines and keep them 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.
- Bring back gravy to fire and cook the chopped vegetables.
- 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.
- Cook the grilled aubergines in the gravy and keep them aside.
- Layer the aubergines with vegetable makhani, top with a slice of Mozzarella cheese and melt with a blow torch.
- Your de-constructed, fusion vegetable makhani lasagne is ready to serve.
- Kerala style crab masala
- Indo – Chinese chilli chicken
- Paneer matar
- Baingan bharta
- Aloo methi/ Potatoes with fenugreek leaves.
- Stir-fried soya chunks
Vegetable Makhani Lasagne
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.
Smokin Sumith Ji, I am already on the drools… Wishing you a Very Happy New Year… ?
Thank you Rajat Ji. First comment and first post of the year. And wishing you too and your family a Happy New Year!
Looks great, Sumith!
Thank you Alex.
Useful post with beautifuuuul Pictures!
Thank you Dimple.
A very useful and interesting post. I really liked the video.The visuals and sounds were amazing???
Thank you Ana for the feed back. And your lovely words of inspiration.
Such a beautiful, delicious dish and lovely pics..
Thank you Neetha for those beautiful bunch of words!
As always, so beautiful and I’m sure super delicious.
Thank you Aheikkinen.
Oh what a fabulous video Sumith. Brilliant.
Thanks a lot Brigid.
I’ll leave the food photography to you, Sumith …. you make me SO hungry just looking at your pictures but I must say it was interesting to read how it’s done
Thank you Osyth. You was a great inspiration for me in photography! Hope you will enjoy this dish.
There is no DOUBT that I will enjoy the dish and I feel the warmest glow at your kindness in saying I inspired you in some way. If I did then I am grateful because look look at the wonderful results we all get to lust after!
Ever since I started blogging, you was a great inspiration for me. I am so proud to get in friendship with wonderful people like you. Keep Inspiring us with your amazing posts. Thanks again Osyth.
I only say what I mean and I only engage with those that inspire me … so you – keep inspiring me!!!
It’s mutual then. Thanks a lot Osyth.
Great recipe & beautiful presentation ! Thanks for sharing those photo editing tips !!
Thank you Megala for these kind words.
I saw the whole video on insta and was fascinated. So beautifully done and am always in awe of your plating skills my friend. Cheers!
Thanks a lot my friend. Really appreciate your encouraging words!!
Excellent no doubt you are a wonderful chef as well as a very talented photographer and one can learn food photography from you, more than the editing the concepts matter, I always remember and recall how beautiful was your Pani Puri pic. Keep up the good work and best wishes.
Those words from a professional photographer like you is a real honour for me. You been always an inspiration for me in photography and your helps me a lot in that. Thanks a lot Subhash and keep inspiring us with more of your amazing captures.
That’s your humbleness and in fact I am still learning. You are amazing too and thanks for the praise, I am delighted ?
Thanks for stopping by my blog, beautiful pics and recipes Sumith!!!
Your photographs are amazing. Thank you Paulo.
You’re welcome Sumith!!!
Awesome recipe and amazing presentation. Thanks for sharing the tips.
Thanks a lot Sujata for this amazing bunch of words!
Superb dish and photography, Sumith. I must say that you have progressed amazingly , since I am following your blog since a while.
I am honoured!! I am a great fan of your professional photography. You was always an inspiration for us. Keep Inspiring us and looking forward for more of your amazing skills. Thank you Cornelia.
Aw, thank you Sumith for such a kind compliment, that means a lot to me coming from you. I will try to reach up to amazing skills. Have a splendid new year filled with creativity and inspirations
Thank you Cornelia and wishing you too a great year ahead.
Thank you Farah.
Beautifully presented asusual and thanks for sharing the editing and photo techniques.
Thanks a lot for your compliment!
Loved the concept of a fusion post – very unique and informative. Thanks for sharing. I wonder if you could help me with a little problem i am facing ever since I started using the photos from google library – now I find that i cannot edit anything other than what is offered by google as even if i download the photos on my desktop they open in my browser. Most frustrating and any help/suggestions are appreciated. Thanks so much!
Thank you Dahlia. Try using other free photo editing software. I have specified few nice photo editing software’s in this post. Hope this helps.
Thanks Sumith
Very useful editing tips. Thanks!
Thanks Dhwani
Thank you and wishing you all the best!
I have never edited photos before, after reading your post, I have just realized what a difference it makes.
Hi Shifa, that’s very true. There are some amazing software’s which can change food photographs dramatically with a couple of clicks. I will post a brilliant one in my next post.
Will be waiting for the next one.
Thank you Shifa.
Thank you so much for your advice. I need to work on my photo’s and will be checking these out!
Thank you Dianne.
Very Informative post Sumith. thanks for those photo editing tips – I’ll give them a try! And the fusion lasagne is beautiful!
Thanks a lot Indu.
thanks for sharing such great tips 🙂
Thank you Freda.
Such an awesome and useful tips…and the fusion dish looks PHENOMENAL…kudos to u Sumith ❣
Thank a a lot Jyo.
Thank you for these great tips, Sumith. I need to get photoshop but I had heard it was difficult to use. A wonderful dish and presentation.
Thank you Robbie, sorry for a late reply. Learn lightroom, it easy to learn aswell.
Another super beautiful dish– so interesting and delicious!! And now I know why your photos are all so beautiful!! Such a useful skill!! thanks!
Thank you Rhonda. Glad you liked it.
Your presentation is absolutely stunning Sumith. Truly, you’re very talented. ?
Thanks a lot Miriam. Those words from you really ment to me.
I really meant it Sumith.
Thanks again Miriam.
Fun flavors and I love your tips!! 🙂
Thanks Mollie.
The photo is amazing, but the recipe is simply awesome! You are an inspiration, dear Sumith!
Thank you for your inspirational words Dolly. Sorry for a late reply.
Love this fusion dish and the stunning shot!
Thanks a lot Sandhya.
This looks so fresh and delicious.Thank you so much for the recipe.
Thanks a lot desicart.