Ingredients
- 5 red thai chiles
- 3 shallots, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2″ pieces fresh turmeric, peeled and coarsely chopped, or 1 tsp. dried ground
- 3 tbsp. peanut oil
- 6 whole cloves
- 2 sticks cassia
- 2 fresh or frozen whole daun pandan (pandanus or screw pine leaves), tied into knots
- 1 whole nutmeg, cracked open with a nutcracker
- 2″ pieces fresh galangal, peeled and bruised with a heavy, blunt object
- 3 small yukon gold potatoes (about 1 lb.), peeled and cut into sixths
- 1 3⁄4 unsweetened coconut milk
- Salt
- 2 cleaned whole mackerel (about 1½ lbs.), heads and tails removed and reserved, bodies cut crosswise into 2″–3″ pieces
- 1 tbsp. cumin seeds, toasted and finely ground in a spice grinder
- 1 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tbsp. Fried Shallots
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