Curried Octopus Tentacle

• 4–5 octopus tentacles

Place the star anise, cinnamon stick, cloves and bay leaves in a large saucepan and bring to a medium heat, then dry-fry for 1 minute, turning the spices once or twice so as not to burn them.

Once you start to smell the aroma of the heated spices, add the chicken stock, hot water, turmeric and sea salt and bring to the boil. Put the octopus tentacles into the poaching liquid and turn th