Ingredients :
1 medium-sized head. Use either threadfin, Spanish mackerel or red snapper
(A) Ground Finely
8 dried chilies
10 shallots
1 stalk lemon grass, cut into small pieces
3 pips garlic
thumb-sized piece fresh young turmeric
One 2.5cm square piece shrimp paste
11/2 pieces tamarind
3 stalks polygonum
1 phaeomaria
11 tablespoons cooking oil
31/2 rice bowls of water
salt to taste
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