Bapalo Omani Fish Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon oil
2 cups onions, diced
2 garlic cloves, mashed
3 tomatoes, diced (optional)
5 cups water, divided
4 chili peppers, whole
1 tablespoon turmeric
1 teaspoon salt
1 lb salmon, cut into 1 inch chunks
4 lemons

Preparation

In oil saute onions 5 minutes.
Add garlic and tomatoes if you want tomatoes; saute 5 more minutes adding 1/2 cup of water.
Add whole chili peppers.
Add remaining water, turmeric, salt, and fish.
Simmer 20 minutes.
When off heat, add juice of 4 lemons. Don't add lemon juice when cooking or it will make it bitter. One recipe said 6 lemons.
Serve over rice.