Pesang Dalag sa Miso

This is a traditional rainy day dish. Dalag or Mudfish can always be found in wet markets nowadays.
Be sure to buy them alive , and have the fishmonger clean, gut and cut the fish for you.

Ingredients:

• 1 medium to large dalag, cleaned and cut to serving pieces.
• 2 tablespoon minced garlic
•  1/4 cup of oil for frying and a tablespoon of oil for sauteing
• 3 thumb-sized portions of ginger, crushed
• 2 stalks of leeks, cut to 1/4 inch pieces
• 5 cups of rice wash (first wash)
• 1 tablespoon whole blackpepper
• 1/4 piece medium sized cabbage or 300 grams bok choy
• half a cup of miso paste
• fish bouillon cube (optional)
•  a handful of rock salt

Steps :

• Rub some salt to the mudfish
• Heat 1/4 cup of oil in a skillet  and sear fry the fish, remove and set aside.
• In a large wok or cooking pot, saute garlic, onion and ginger.
• (optional) add the bouillon cube
• Add the rice wash, bring it to a boil then add the fish and the black pepper
• Add the chopped leeks and cabbage and boil for five minutes.
• Turn of the heat
• Put the miso paste in a sifter and put it on top of the soup for a minute letting the heat dissolve the right amount to soup.
• Remove the remaining miso paste and serve the dish with hot rice.