AITA for making a remark about a chicken dish but saying it wrong and now my friends think I'm racist? ( English is not my first language)

My friend Emma is hosting a small gathering every weekend at her home, she is really in to cooking and is now trying to cook all kind of dishes from around the world an asks us for our opinions. I walked in the kitchen were my other friends were drinking and watching her cook.

I heard a friend ask "what is the dish called your making tonight?" I didn't hear her answer but i heard something like "cicken ma" something so i said "oh chicken malala?" She said "no chicken masala" my friend tara (f35) looked pissed and was ignoring me after that but i didn't know i did something wrong so i thought "whatever"

The next week i was waiting for my invite to the next dinner and i asked in the group text if i needed to bring anything. I get a text from Tara that it maybe not be a good idea to come this weekend because they talked and desided they didn't like the racist comment i made. I have no idea what racist comment i made, i remember we were talking about the dish and what ingredients she used and after that we were just chatting and catching up on life stuff. I messaged Emma's asked if and how i offended her, she said "your joke about chicken malala was racist" i still didn't get it so i said that's what it thought it was called. She said Malala was a Pakistani girl who was shot in the head because she wanted to go to school and was almost killed.

I was floored, it was never my intention to make a hurtful remark about such an horrible event but i think because her name was so much in the news and we had projects about it in school. i rememberd the name and just used it in the wrong context. I tried to explain that to my friends and i think they understand and I'm invited to the dinners again but Tara is still a little bit cold to me. I feel so stupid but AITA ?