Dried chillies curry chicken

Recipe:
4 chicken drumsticks
4 dried chillies
1 large yellow onion (finely chopped)
6-8 purple shallots (finely chopped)
5-6 slices old ginger
2 stalks lemon grass (roughly cut)
4 cloves garlic (chopped)
some chopped organic purple long beans

Others
1 Tbsp curry powder
2 Tbsp turmeric powder
1 tsp white pepper
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 Tbsp fennel seeds
1/4 cup cashew nuts
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup coconut milk
3 cherry tomatoes
2 Tbsp basil leaves

(1) Marinate chicken with curry powder, turmeric powder, white pepper and cayenne pepper for 1-2 hours.

(2) Heat up some vco on a cooking pan. Add in fennel seeds and cook till it pops or brown. Add in cashew nuts and pan fry till it turns crispy or lightly brown.

(3) Add in garlic and stir fry. Add in ginger, dried chillies and lemon grass and stir fry. Add in onion and shallot and cook till fragrant and lightly brown.

(4) Add in marinated chicken and pan fried till lightly brown.

(5) Pour in coconut milk and add in purple long beans and simmer for 1-2 hours. Add some water in between, a little at a time if it dries up. Add in cherry tomatoes.

(6) Once it dries up, add in another 1/2 cup of coconut milk and basil leaves and roughly simmer for 5-10 minutes. Once done, serve immediately.