Fish Ball Soup

Ingredients

 * 1 kg catfish
 * 1 medium onion
 * 6 cloves garlic
 * ½ inch ginger
 * 1 stalk celery
 * 1½ tsp of salt
 * ¼ tsp of pepper
 * ½ tsp of soy sauce
 * 1 tbsp of oil
 * 5 cups of water

Directions

 * 1) Wash and clean the fish.
 * 2) Debone and skin the fish, keeping aside the bones, head and tail of the fish.
 * 3) Chop the onion, garlic and ginger finely.
 * 4) Wash and chop celery stalk finely.
 * 5) In a mixie, grind fish, ½ tsp of salt and ½ cup of water into a paste.
 * 6) Shape into 1-inch balls and keep aside.
 * 7) In a soup pot, heat water.
 * 8) Add the fish head, tail and centre bone.
 * 9) Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
 * 10) Remove from flame and strain the liquid.
 * 11) In a saucepan, heat the oil.
 * 12) Add garlic and fry for 3 minutes until garlic is golden brown.
 * 13) Add celery, salt, pepper, soy sauce and fish balls.
 * 14) Lower the heat to medium and cook fry for 3 minutes.
 * 15) Add liquid and bring to a boil.
 * 16) Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
 * 17) Serve hot.