Shix cooks: Fried fish soup

Today's rainy day deserves a nice warm soothing meal

Prep time: 1h 10min

Cooking time: 1h 15min 

Warning: prep and cooking times overlap! It only takes a little over an hr to prepare ahahah

Ingredients:

Fried fish

Part 1:

2 pcs White fish fillet cut into bite-sized cubes

2 tsp cornflour

1tsp salt

1 tsp seseme seed oil

1tsp tumeric powder

Part 2:

Oil for frying

2 tbsp cornflour

1 egg

1/4 cup water

Soup

Part 3:

1.5 litres water

1 handful anchovies ground

1 handful soy beans

1 inch ginger bruised

Dash of fish sauce (optional)

Salt to taste 

Optional:

2 tomatoes quartered

2 handfuls leafy greens

Condiment (optional)

Part 4:

1 handful Birdseye chilli 

1/2 cup light soy sauce

To serve:

White rice

Blanched noodles

Method:

1. Mix up part 1 then leave it to marinate in the fridge for an hour. 

2. Put items in part 3 in a pot and leave it to simmer for an hour. 

3. If you like it hot, prepare the chilli condiment by mixing items in part 4 together and leave it to stand for a while. Do not store in a metal container. 

4. Heat up the oil for frying. 

5. Mix up the other ingredients in part 2. Dip the marinated fish into cornflour mixture and fry. 

6. Once the soup has simmered for an hour turn off the flame. 

7. If you want, you can blanch the vegetables in the hot soup. 

8. To serve, put a serving of white rice or rice noodles in a bowl followed by the soup, veges, fish and chilli and it's ready!