Fish Head Soup

Last Sunday was quite a sunny day. I was thinking of a Fish Head Soup served with steaming hot rice will be a superb lunch. I learned this recipe again as usual  from my late father-in-law the great cook himself. The normal cooking of any kind of fish will not required the pungent type of spices, but in this case, to get the right taste of the broth comes from cinnamon, clove and black pepper corn. my dear friend Anu yield at me when she accidentally bit the clove in her soup! hahaha.

Fish Head Soup

1 Fish head medium size (Red Snapper / Jenahak) cut from the middle into two pieces
3 potato - cut into four
10 shallots- slice
1 clove garlic - slice
5 cm ginger - slice
3 - 4 cm cinnamon
5 cloves
1 Star Anise
15 black pepper corn
2cm shrimp paste (belacan)
parsley for garnishing
Salt
cooking oil.

Methods:

Sou teed  shallots, garlic shrimp paste and the spices together in a pot, add water and potato. let it simmer until the potato is almost cooked. Add the fish head and cook until the fish head  is well done, add salt. Off the fire and sprinkle parsley on top of the fish head,

Opps! I just found out that fish head soup is one of Arif's favorite dish.