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+title: Random things I cooked today
+rating: 10
+cuisine: japanese, indian
+date: '2023-12-19T12:12:12'
+author:
+  name: Jacob Aronoff
+  picture: '/assets/blog/authors/jacob.jpeg'
+---
+
+# Riffing
+
+This week, I've been trying to trust my instincts and cook with more ingredients I already have, only buying things I actually need. This means not going off of a recipe, but rather going off of... vibes.
+
+## Gyudon riff
+
+This gyudon I made by simmering some gochujang, soy sauce, mirin, sake and then adding in some sliced around-the-pole onions we had laying around. On the side, I grated some ginger and garlic together to be put in towards the end. After the onions were nice and translucent, I added some cheap sliced ribeye from hmart and covered it to let the beef cook and infuse the broth with that beefy flavor. After that was done, I added the ginger/garlic as well as some scallion greens and served that over rice.
+
+## Paneer Patak Makhani
+
+This was a riff on a bunch of butter chicken, tikka masala recipes, this indian cookbook I've been reading AND some techniques from this burmese cookbook. I toasted some spices (coriander, cumin, star anise, mustard seed, etc.) and ground them, adding in garam, paprika, turmeric, etc. Meanwhile, carl pounded some garlic and ginger toegther. I diced an onion pretty finely and then cooked that in ghee. Once that was looking translucent, I heated up some oil and fried the garlic ginger paste until well browned and then I added the spice blend. After that was plenty aromatic, I added it to the pot with the onions and stirred until well combined. I then added some balachaung, dried chilis, puffed cashews in water, thai fish sauce (three crabs), some marinara, and coconut milk. I let that simmer for about 20 mins and then went over it with an immersion blender. After that, I added in some of the really leafy spinach I got from the indian grocer, let that simmer covered for a bit and then added in some paneer right at the end. On the side, I pan-fried some paratha and made basmati rice for serving it. I topped with some cilantro and lime, and it was wonderful.
+
+![Paneer Patak Makhani](/blog/2023-12-19-paneer-patak-makhani.jpg)
+
+The picture is terrible, but it tasted pretty darn good!