DEEP FRY FISH WITH GARLIC,ONION AND DRIED CHILLIES

I use puff fish or you can use any small fish you like.I love the chillie paste, it taste yummy.The recipe call for coarse chillies, mine chillies is too fine.This is the burmese recipes.Love it.

DEEP FRY FISH WITH GARLIC,ONION AND DRIED CHILLIES

Ingredients;
250g small fish,cleand and gutted
4 clove garlic,peeled
1 large onion,peeled,roughly chopped
1 inch ginger knob,peeled
1/4 tsp ground turmeric
6 tbsp coarse ground chillies
4 tbsp crisp fried garlic chips
1/4 tsp caster sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce
4 tbsp water
3 tbsp cooking oil,plus more for deep frying

For marinade fish;1/2 tsp sugar,1/4 tsp salt,large pinch ground turmeric

Method;
1.mix the fish with the marinade,set aside for 30 minutes.
2.pound the garlic,red onion and ginger into a paste in a mortar and pestle,kept aside.
3.heat a wok with 2 cup of oil,once is hot,add in the fish in a few batch and deep fry until turn golden.drain on a paper towel put aside.
4.Heat a wok with 3 tbsp oi,add the groung turmeric and let it sizzle,add the paste, lower the heat and fry for 5-7 minutes until soft,goledn brown and fragrant.add the coarse ground chillies,fry for another minutes,add the crisp fried garlic and water.cook for a final minute,shaking the wok so each fish get coated with the paste.serve.