Ayam masak merah

Ingredients

• 125 ml (½ cup) vegetable oil
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 star anise
• 2 cardamom pods
• 2 tablespoons sugar, or to taste
• 125 ml (½ cup) malaysian or other hot chilli sauce
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste (concentrated purée)
• 125 ml (½ cup) coconut milk
• ½ teaspoon tamarind paste
• 100 g (¾ cup) frozen baby peas
• 1 large red onion, sliced into rings
• Salt
• Turmeric chicken
• 1 x 1.8 kg (4 lb) chicken, cut into 8 pieces
• 2 tablespoons ground turmeric
• 2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
• Vegetable oil, for pan-frying
• Chilli paste
• 1 large red onion, roughly chopped
• 5 garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons malaysian chilli paste (see page 170)
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil