Salted Fish Curry (Kotokan Jambal)

Ingredients:
300 gram jambal roti or other salted fish, cleaned
vegetable oil
100 gram red chilies, finely sliced diagonally
2 bay leaves
2 cm fresh galanggal(lengkuas)
375 ml thin coconut milk from ½ coconut
1 tomato, sliced
a pinch of sugar

Spice-Paste

8 shallots
2 cloves garlic
½ cm fresh kencur
Instructions:
Roast the ikan jambal until the fishy smell is gone.  Rinse in water and slice in 4 x 4 cm squares.
Fry the chilies and spice-paste until fragrant.  Add the salam leaves and the lengkuas.  Continue frying for a minute or more.  Add the santan and fish.  Bring a boil and continue simering until santan thickens.  Add the potato slices and the sugar.  Continue cooking until tomato slices have gone limp.  Remove and serve.