Liquor Dregs
My uncle-in-law owns a large lotus-root field.
When planting lotus seeds every year,
he always throws some fish fries into the field.
Such fish need no extra feeding.
The fish in the lotus-root field has tender meat
and golden scalps.
They can be sold at a high price during the Spring Festival.
If a family member wants to have fish,
he can just put a fishing cage in the lotus-root field
along with some fishing baits for a day.
The cage will be filled with several fish.
The most common way of cooking such fish is to boil fish with sour papayas into sour-spicy fish,
which goes with rice
and can never be bored with.
Apart from the sour-spicy fish,
I also tried cooking Chrysanthemum Fish, which they never ate before.
Chopped ginger, soy source and salt
Flour
Chop and filter the ginger
Granulated sugar and salt
Dried sour papayas
Chili, ginger, garlic, pepper, tsaoko and star anises
Hot soy-bean sauce
Water
Sour papaya
Boil for fifteen minutes
Melaleuca bracteata and green onion
Coriander
Sour-spicy fish
Chrysanthemum Fish