Kerala chicken curry

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 5 cm piece ginger, peeled and chopped
• 2 small green chillies, chopped
• 1 onion, finely sliced
• 15 curry leaves
• 1 teaspoons fennel powder
• 2 teaspoons red chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1½ tablespoons coriander powder
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed pepper
• Salt, to taste
• 600 g chicken thigh fillets into a large dice
• 270 ml coconut milk