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How to Cook Sichuan Chinese Tomato Fish Soup

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Ingredients - 100 grams grass carp (or grouper) - 1 large tomatoes (to be peeled & cut into small cubes) - 100 grams oyster (or button mushrooms) - 4 garlic cloves - 1 cup celery ( I skipped this ingredient ) - 1/4 red onion (cut into pieces) - a handful coriander ( I used parsley flakes instead ) - 1 green onion (chopped) - 4 tablespoons cooking oil (divided) Seasoning Ingredients - 2 tablespoons Chinese Shaoxing wine - 1 tablespoon minced ginger - 2 spring onion whites - a pinch of salt - a dash of white ground pepper - 1 egg white - 2 tablespoons corn starch Instructions Do a few slits of the grass carp / grouper at the front and back.  Add cornstarch, shaoxing wine, spring onion whites, ginger, ground pepper, egg white and salt into a mixing bowl. Marinate the fish meat with the seasoning for an hour.  Peel the tomato and cut them into small slices. Heat 2 tablespoons of cooking oil into a large wok. Fry green onion and garlic untill it becomes aromatic. Add diced tomatoes and