Goan Chicken Xaguti

• 400 g Chicken cut in cubes
• 1 no Onion finely chopped
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/2 tbsp Tamarind pulp
• 1/4 tsp Mace powder
• 1/4 tsp Nutmeg powder
• 1 cup Water
• Oil As reqd
• Salt As reqd

For preparing curry paste:

• 1/2 cup Coconut grated
• 5 nos Red kashmiri chillies
• 2 nos Cloves
• 1 no Cinnamon sticks
• 1 tbsp Coriander powder
• 1 tbsp Poppy seeds Kashakasha
• 1/2 tsp Black pepper corns
• 1/2 tsp Carom seeds Ayamodagam
• 1/2 tsp Cummin seeds Jeerakam
• 1 no Star anise Thakkolam
• 1/2 tsp Garlic paste