Thai fish cakes with honey and herb dip
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Culinary combination: Serve with honey dip and watercress
INGREDIENTS
- 500g (1lb 2oz) white fish (cod, ling or pollock)
- 1 tbsp Thai fish sauce
- 1 tbsp red curry paste
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- 1 egg
- Pinch of dried chilli
- Juice and zest of 1 lime
- 2tbsp plain flour, for dusting
- Sunflower or groundnut oil, for shallow frying
- 1 bunch of watercress
FOR THE HONEY DIP
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
- ½ tbsp each of chopped mint and coriander
METHODPut
the honey in a small pan with the vinegar, onion and ketchup. Bring to
the boil, remove from the heat and leave to cool. Add the herbs.
Put all the ingredients for the fish cakes, except the oil, flour and watercress, in a food processor and blitz.
Shape the mixture into small patties and dust in flour. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4.
Heat
the oil in a pan and shallow fry the fish cakes until golden. Transfer
to a baking sheet and put them into the preheated oven for 5 minutes to
heat through.
Serve with the dip and some of the watercress.