Chicken Curry

Ingredients:
24(4 1/2 lb)chicken
1/2 cup meat curry powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 coconut,grated
4 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon fenugreek
3 cloves garlic,pounded
30 shallots,pounded
3/4 cup meat curry powder blended with a little water to a paste
2 stalks curry leaves
4 potatoes ,quartered
4 tomatoes,quartered
2 big onions ,cut into 6 wedges
salt to taste

Rempah:
1cm(1/2 in)cinnamon stick
1 segment star anise
5 cloves
1 tablespoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon fennel
1 teaspooon cumin

Method:
Cut chicken into small pieces and season with curry powder and salt.Mix coconut and 1/2 cup water.Squeeze and strain to obtain thick coconut milk.Add remaining 4 cups water to residue.Squeeze and strain to obtain thin coconut milk.Heat oil in an earthen pot,fry mustard seed till they pop,then add fenugreek,garlic and shallots.Fry till soft .Add curry paste ,chicken ,rempah and curry leaves.Stir fry till fragrant.
Pour in thin coconut milk in 3 portions,stirring chicken occasionally till tender.
When chicken is almost cooked ,add patotoes,tomatoes and onions.Pour in thick coconut milk when curry is ready.Season to taste and simmer till red oil floats to the top.