Malaysian Spice Roasted Chicken (Ayam Percik)

Ingredients

• 4 chicken thighs (skin on)
• 2 cloves
• 1 green cardamom pod
• 2 tbsp tamarind pulp/paste
• 200ml coconut milk
• 200ml water
• 1 tsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp oil for frying spice paste
• Banana leaves for lining baking pan
• 140g shallots
• 15g ginger
• 15g galangal
• 15g garlic
• 18g dried chillies (deseeded and then soaked)
• 1 tbsp turmeric powder
• 1 ½ tsp cumin powder
• 1 ½ tsp coriander powder
• 1 ½ tsp fennel powder
• ½ tsp fenugreek powder
• 3-4 lemongrass stalks (white part only)
• 6 candlenuts
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 50g oil