Braised Saffron Chicken Legs (One Pot)

• ¼ tspsaffron strands
• 2ice cubes

For the Chicken:

• 1½ kgbone-in skin-on chicken legs — 4
• ¾ tspsalt
• ¼ tspblack pepper
• 3 tbspolive oil

For the Sauce:

• 1 tbspolive oil
• ½ tspsalt
• 1large yellow onion — thinly sliced
• 2garlic — finely chopped
• ¼ tspground ginger
• ¼ tspcinnamon
• ¼ tspground cardamom
• ¼ tspground coriander
• 4 cupswater