Rahels gulai ayam Indonesian chicken curry

Name: Rahel’s gulai ayam (Indonesian chicken curry)
Ingredients: 12 bone-in chicken thighs; 1 lime, juiced; 2 tbsp rapeseed, sunflower or vegetable oil; 3 lemongrass stalks, bruised and tied together; 6 lime leaves, torn; 1 cinnamon stick; 3 cardamom pods, seeds crushed; 1 star anise; 2 tsp ground coriander; ½ tsp ground nutmeg; ½ tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 50g coconut palm sugar (ideally Indonesian), or coconut sugar; 1 tsp tamarind paste; 400ml coconut milk; steamed white rice, to serve; 4 garlic cloves; 3 banana shallots or 6 small Asian shallots, peeled; 3-4 large red chillies, trimmed; 2½cm piece of ginger, peeled; 1cm piece of galangal, peeled; 5 candlenuts or macadamia nuts