Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

So, for tonight's dinner I took out the leftover simmered lemony chicken from a couple of days ago, added a bit more cooked chicken (since I had one leftover baked chicken thigh), some tomato paste, quite a bit more ginger paste, and some more garam masala.

I stirred well, heated it in the microwave, and served it over rice, with peas alongside because it seemed like a green vegetable would be good: part of a bag of frozen peas, boiled for five minutes, and served with butter and dill.

This was tastier, as well as more in the direction of the original goal. Whether we do it againis likely to depend in large part on how much work the first step, cutting up and marinating the chicken is, and on planning enough ahead to marinate the chicken overnight. (I could have reheated this on the stovetop, but I probably wouldn't have made the peas.)

[I'm leaving the "improvisational cooking" tag here, even though most of the improv was done earlier in the week.]