Made some Indian food tonight (some terrible pics inside)

Just did one dish with some bread, rice, and raita.

My own interpretation of Aloo Baignan if you will

Consists of eggplant and potatoes as the base with a cumin, onion, and ginger garlic paste to coat it all.

Couldn't figure out how I wanted to plate it so I took a couple of pics. They all look like shite because I suck at plating.

This was early on in the cooking process before anything got browned.


Some intermediate stage here after I added the ginger and garlic mash and dry masala to the mix.


Tumeric to give the rice some color (clove and cinnamon to give more aroma). I used some fresh mint I picked from the garden and some minced cucumber to make a quick raita with some greek yogurt. I squeezed out what was left of my pumelo and let the diced cucumber marinate in it to give it some acidity and a little more depth of flavor.



The bread is what is referred to as paratha. It isn't served in most Indian restarants that I'm aware of. It's a flakey flat bread commonly founded in Punjab. (or so I hear)

The garam masala I used to add fragrance to the dish was home made because I like to do what is proper. (In the Punjabi region.)