Rahel’s gulai ayam (Indonesian chicken curry) - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 12 bone-in chicken thighs
• 1 lime , juiced
• 2 tbsp rapeseed, sunflower or vegetable oil
• 3 lemongrass stalks , bruised and tied together
• 6 lime leaves , torn
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 cardamom pods , seeds crushed
• 1 star anise
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
• ½ tsp ground cumin
• ½ tsp ground turmeric
• 50g coconut palm sugar (ideally Indonesian), or coconut sugar
• 1 tsp tamarind paste
• 400ml coconut milk
• steamed white rice , to serve
• 4 garlic cloves
• 3 banana shallots or 6 small Asian shallots, peeled
• 3-4 large red chillies , trimmed
• 2½cm piece of ginger , peeled
• 1cm piece of galangal , peeled
• 5 candlenuts or macadamia nuts