Tamarind

Tamarind(i)
Originally uploaded by pradeep jeganathan.

Amu, Rathu, Kochchi: Chilies are for burning

I've been photographing dried red chilies as I cook for some time; but just yesterday there was a bag of kochchi, and half ripended green chilli in the house.
I wasn't cooking, but I just went snip snip with the knife, and frame on top, is one result.

Three Cloves of Garlic

Three Cloves of Garlic
Originally uploaded by pradeep jeganathan.

what more is there to say :)

well, i've been working on garlic still life, if that's some thing you can work on, ha ha, for more than an year now, i think. and this one, which was a studied effort, marks some kind of end.

Fish Soup and Ingredients

Fish Soup and Ingredients
Originally uploaded by pradeep jeganathan.

and there it is!
for more see:

Lamb, red and raw.

Lamb
Originally uploaded by pradeep jeganathan.

okay close your eyes if you are vegetarian, or vegan or whatever; i'm still a red meat person.

this is for a spicy lamb stew, with a wasabi inflected, mango-arrack reduction. i just made it, and ate it, and it was super.
the other critter who lives here, said it was good too :)
i think i got it down now (have been working on this dish for awhile).
the recipe, and photographs of the finished dish will be up soon – I hope.

Garlic Round

Garlic Round
Originally uploaded by pradeep jeganathan.

from the food series, soon, hopefully to be a staple on my blog. a crop is part of collage, in lentil yellow (see below)-- but this one is re-done with different white balance, and colour tone, and totally re-cropped, of course. seem quite cool. or hot.

Lentil Orange

Lentil Orange
Originally uploaded by pradeep jeganathan.

This kind of lentil or dhal, is something I like to eat once in a while. Cooked in coconut-milk with turmeric and salt, and then sautéed, with garlic, shallots and pieces of dried red chills, would be my way. :)