Creamy spicy chicken curry: Not your mother's chicken curry

Ingredients

• 2 whole chicken legs, separated into 2 thighs and 2 drumsticks
• 1 ½ tbsp meat curry powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• ½ tbsp chilli powder
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 1 stalk curry leaves, destemmed
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 tbsp ghee
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 2 cloves
• 3 cardamom pods
• 1 star anise
• 2 large red onions, sliced thinly
• 4 garlic cloves, sliced thinly
• 3 large dried red chillies, broken in half
• ¾ tbsp coriander powder
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• Salt to taste
• 1 large red chilli, sliced thinly
• 1 tomato, sliced into eighths
• 2 ½ tbsp meat curry powder
• 625ml hot water
• 2 potatoes, peeled and sliced into eighths
• 2 cili padi, slit in half lengthways (optional)
• 150ml coconut milk
• ½ tbsp cooking oil
• 1 large red onion, sliced thinly
• 3 large dried red chillies, sliced thinly