[Thailand Recipes] Fish Cakes with Vegetable Ribbons

You have to try these delicious Thai Fish Cakes with Vegetable Ribbons! They're spicy, easy to make and on the table in 20 minutes!

For fast-food that’s deliciously moreish and pretty nutritious too, these Thai fish cakes absolutely hit the spot. Each one is a mouthful of Thai classic flavours – heaps of fresh coriander (cilantro), red chillies, lemongrass and a hint of sweet brown sugar.

Start by adding the chilli, lemongrass, fish sauce, brown sugar, salt, cumin, spring onions/scallions, garlic and ginger to a food processor.

Pulse until well combined.

Add the salmon fillets and pulse again until well mixed.

Then add the coriander and kaffir lime leaves.

Pulse again until combined.

Shape the mixture into 10 walnut-sized balls and refrigerate for a few minutes whilst you make the chilli dip.

To make the chilli dip, add sugar, lime juice, fish sauce and a finely chopped fresh chilli to a small bowl and mix together.

Use a vegetable peeler to peel strips of carrot and cucumber.

Then heat some oil in a pan and fry the fish cakes, squashing them down a little whilst they're cooking. They only take a few minutes to cook.

Serve the Thai salmon fish cakes with the vegetable ribbons and a drizzle of the chilli dip.

Thai Salmon Fish cakes

By: Nicky Corbishley

Thai salmon fish cakes with vegetable ribbons and fresh chilli dipping sauce. A delicious summer dinner. Ready in 20 minutes.


INGREDIENTS


Fish cakes:

▢1 red chilli - roughly chopped
▢1 lemongrass stalk - outer leaves removed and inner white stalk chopped roughly (or use 2 tsp lemongrass paste)
▢2 tsp fish sauce
▢1 tsp brown sugar
▢½ tsp salt
▢½ tsp cumin
▢3 spring onions/scallions - roughly chopped
▢2 cloves garlic - peeled

▢2 cm piece ginger - peeled and roughly chopped
▢2 salmon fillets - bones and skin removed
▢½ packed cup (25g) fresh coriander/cilantro
▢2 kaffir lime leaves - *See note
▢3 tbsp vegetable oil - not as bad as it sounds - most of the oil will be left in the pan, as the fish cakes don't really absorb it

Chilli dipping sauce:
▢5 tsp caster sugar
▢Juice of 1 lime

▢1 tsp fish sauce
▢1 red chilli - chopped finely

Vegetable Ribbons:
▢2 medium carrots
▢1 cucumber

To Serve:
▢1 lime cut into wedges

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Place the chilli, garlic, lemongrass, fish sauce, brown sugar, salt, cumin, spring onions/scallions, garlic and ginger in a food processor. Pulse until fairly well combined.
2. Add the salmon and pulse again for a few seconds. Finally add in the coriander/cilantro and kaffir limes leaves and pulse until everything is mostly combined. It’s good to leave a little texture and colour, so don’t over pulse.
3. Using a spoon, scoop out the fish mix and form in little balls in your hand – about the size of a walnut. Put on a plate, and place in the fridge for a few minutes to firm up a little whilst you prepare the vegetable ribbons and chilli dip.
4. For the chilli dip, mix the sugar and lime juice until the sugar dissolves. Add in the fish sauce and the chopped chillies. Put to one side.
5. For the vegetable ribbons, use a vegetable peeler remove the outer skin of the carrots. Then use your peeler to peel strips from both the carrot and the cucumber. You’ll need to stop before you get to the seeds in the centre of the cucumber though, or you’ll end up with some seriously squidgy ribbons on your hands.
6. When you’re ready to cook the fish cakes, heat the oil in a large skillet/frying pan, over a medium-high heat. When hot, add in the fish cake balls and squash down a little with a spatula/fish slice. Cook for about a minute to a minute-and-a-half on each side, until golden brown.
7. Serve the fish cakes with the vegetable ribbons and drizzle with a bit of the chilli dip.

This recipe and image sources are referred in website: Kitchensanctuary.com. Thanks so much!