Arsik

Instructions

1. Clean the fish, score them on the side and rub them with salt and lime juice.
2. Finely pound the garlic, shallots, galangal, turmeric and chillies to make a spice paste.
3. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the paste for 3 minutes over medium heat until it smells fragrant.
4. Add the tomatoes cut into pieces, the water, sugar and salt, then bring to the boil.
5. Lay the fish in the sauce and simmer gently for 20 minutes, spooning the sauce over them regularly.
6. Add the chopped chives and the rest of the lime juice at the end of cooking, then serve with white rice.