Ayam masak bawang

Ingredients

• 8 chicken drumsticks
• 2 tablespoons ground turmeric
• Salt
• 250 ml (1 cup) vegetable oil
• 2 large red onions, finely sliced into rings
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 cardamom pods
• 4 cloves
• 2 star anise
• 2 garlic cloves, grated
• 2.5 cm (1 in) piece ginger, grated
• 2 curry leaf sprigs
• 1½ tablespoons chilli powder
• 3 tablespoons malaysian curry powder (for meat and chicken)
• ½ teaspoon ground fennel
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon garam masala
• 2 large red onions, extra, peeled, chopped and blended with 250 ml (1 cup) water
• 1 pandan leaf, knotted and torn
• 3 teaspoons oyster sauce
• 3 teaspoons chilli sauce
• 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
• 1½ tablespoons sugar, or to taste
• Steamed rice, roti (see page 20) or chapatis, to serve