Fish Pineapple Soup

Ingredients

• 1 kg mackerel steaks
• 500 gr chopped pineapple
• 7 small shallots, minced
• 2 lemongrass, bruised
• A thumb sized turmeric, grated
• A thumb sized galangal, grated
• 1 tbsp shrimp paste
• 3-4 tbsp tamarind liquid
• 1 1/2 tbsp salt
• 2 tsp msg
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 L water
• 10-15 Bird eye chilies (optional)
• Fried shallots for garnish (optional)

Instructions

1. 1

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2. 2

   Add water in a large pot along with chopped pineapple, shallots, lemongrass, turmeric, galangal and shrimp paste. Bring it to a boil and simmer for 10-15 mins

3. 3

   Add mackerel, sugar, salt and msg

4. 4

   Simmer over medium heat until the fish is cooked

5. 5

   Add bird eye chilies (if using) and tamarind liquid. Give another good stir and off the heat

6. 6

   Serve fish pineapple soup with rice and top with fried shallots