Thai Fish Cakes Recipes

This is a very popular dish in Thai cooking. Thai Fish Cake makes a great snack especially when you dipped it in spicy sweet chili sauce. You can serve this with rice or with some cucumber and carrots pickle.

Ingredients for the Fish Cakes

500 grm of white fish fillets - (I used Talapia)
1 egg
3 kaffir lime leaves - finely chopped
3 sprig of cilantro - finely chopped
2 sprig of green onion - thinly sliced
1 tbsp of red curry paste
1 tsp of sugar
1 tbsp of fish sauce
2 tbsp of corn starch
salt to taste

1. Put the fish in a food processor and pulse for a few times until it became a paste.
2. Remove and mix in all the rest of the ingredients and set aside for half an hour.
3. Take a spoonful of the mixture and form it into a round flat disk.
4. Drop fish cake into hot oil and fry until golden brown.
5. Remove from oil and drain on paper towel.
6. Serve fish cakes with sweet chili sauce or some cucumber pickle.

Ingredients for Cucumber & Carrots Pickle

1 cucumber - thinly sliced
1 carrot - thinly sliced
1 red chili - thinly sliced
3 tbsp of sugar
1/2 cup of white vinegar
1/2 tsp of salt
some ground peanuts - for garnish

1) Mix sugar, vinegar and salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Set aside to cool.
2) When it's completely cool mix it into the cucumber, carrot and chili. Let it pickle for at least an hour before serving.