Spicy fish cakes

Serves: 4 (makes 20 cakes)

Time to make: 20 mins

Ingredients

3 slices light wholegrain bread
½ medium red onion, peeled
400g fish fillets, roughly chopped
2 teaspoons red curry paste
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
½ teaspoon sugar
¼ cup chopped fresh coriandercilantroX
1 medium carrot, grated
olive or canola oil
4 cups mesclun or other salad greens
4 tomatoes, quartered
8 tablespoons dipping sauce (see tip) or sweet chilli sauce

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Instructions

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1 Use a stick blender or food processor to process bread into chunky breadcrumbs.

2 Add red onion and fish. Process until fish is finely chopped then add the next 4 ingredients and process until the mixture begins to form a ball. Add coriander and carrot and process until just mixed.

3 Work with wet hands to shape mixture into walnut-sized balls. Flatten balls into disks about 1.5cm thick.

4 Preheat and lightly oil hotplate (use a non-stick liner if you have one). Arrange as many cakes as will comfortably fit in one batch and cook over a medium-high heat until golden brown (about 3 minutes). Gently turn over to cook other side.

5 Arrange mesclun (or other salad greens) on a platter. Arrange fish cakes, tomatoes and add a bowl (or bowls) of the dipping sauce to platter.

Variations

Make it gluten free: Check curry paste, fish sauce and sweet chilli sauce (if using) are gluten free.

HFG tip

*To make dipping sauce, place 2 tablespoons lime juice or lemon juice, 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1 tablespoon water, 1 teaspoon sugar and finely chopped red chilli in a small bowl and stir until sugar dissolves. Add some tiny diced carrot and chopped fresh coriander for colour.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 330 cal

Kilojoules 1380 kJ

Protein 23 g

Total fat 17 g

Saturated fat 3 g

Carbohydrates 20 g

Sugar 9 g

Dietary fibre 4 g

Sodium 630 mg

Calcium 110 mg

Iron 2 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.