[food] migraineur's mise en place

[Image description: Seen from above, against a dark background: a white bowl filled with dry glass noodles; a translucent and almost invisible cylinder containing a dark liquid and a teaspoon; a white ramekin full of walnut pieces; a pack of smoked tofu; and an off-white chopping board, on which there is a black-handled chef's knife with the blade reflecting light, a small bundle of spring onions, several garlic clothes, a piece of peeled ginger, five beetroot, one red onion, and a head of broccoli.]

In service of making Meera Sodha's clay pot noodles (again, actually taken from East) with bonus steamed broccoli. We ignored the stipulation to use mung bean glass noodles and instead employed the sweet potato glass noodles we have stockpiled. I do not usually Get Everything Out In Advance, on the basis that generally I reckon I have enough time while onions etc cook to fetch the next bits, but this afternoon was Very Migraine and it seemed like a good idea to make life as easy as possible for myself. I got most of this out at around three, and then realised when I came back to start cooking that it only needed a little tweaking to be a Cookery Blog Photo.

(Yes it is that dark. Yes I was wearing sunglasses. Yes it was still too much light for me.)