Fish in Hot and Sour Soup

Ingredients

• 1 whole fish (grass carp or carp, about 1 kg)
• Sour soup base: 200 g fermented tomato-chili paste (suan tang)
• Sour soup base: 1 liter water
• Sour soup base: 3 slices ginger
• Sour soup base: 1 tbsp pickled chili
• Vegetables: 200 g tofu (cut into blocks)
• Vegetables: 100 g wood ear mushrooms
• Vegetables: Bean sprouts
• Vegetables: Cilantro
• Seasoning: 1 tbsp fish sauce
• Seasoning: White pepper