Since Raya mood is in the air, decided to make some tomato rice, ayam masak merah and cucumber salad. We had some friends come over and they seemed to enjoy the food, so it must have been good :) Ingredients: Chicken - 1 cut into small pieces Dried chilies - 20 soaked Galangal - 2 inch piece Ginger - 2 inch piece Onion - 2 Lemongrass - 5 stalks Garlic - 5 cloves Star anise - 4 Cardamons - 3 Cloves - 5 Cinnamon stick - 1 Tomato soup - 1/2 can Coconut milk - 1/2 can Turmeric - 1 tsp Spring onions - 1stalk Salt to taste Marinate the chicken pieces with turmeric and salt. Set aside for 1/2 hr then deep fry til golden brown. Blend onion, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, galangal and chilies to a fine paste. Heat some oil and stir fry star anise, cardamons, cinnamon and cloves until fragrant. Add in the blended paste and increase the heat until the mixture bubbles. Reduce the flame and let it simmer until the oil is separated from the paste ( pecah minyak ). Add in tom