Hot & Sour Fish Soup

Ingredients

60 ml fish sauce
10 ml fish sauce
2 gr ginger root
1 gr turmeric
2 cod fillets
2 stalks lemon grass tender
1 tomato quartered
60 ml lime juice
1/2 lime zest
1 chiles serranos
2 scallions
2 cilantro is vital
1 gr pepper
700 gr rice
1,200 ml boiling water

Instructions

In small bowl combine 2 teaspoons of fish sauce, ginger, and turmeric. rub the fish on both sides w/ this mixture and let stand for 5 min. In a non-reactive sauce pan, bring 5 cups water and lemon grass to a simmer over medium heat and then simmer the fish for c. 4 min or till just cooked through. transfer the fish to a plate to cool slightly. remove the skin and separate each peice into 2 peices (4 total). bring the soup back to a simmer and add all remaining ingredients (except the fish). and simmer for 3 min. set a piece of fish in each bowl and ladle hot soup over fish. serve w/ jasmine rice.