Thai Style Fish Cake (Tod Mun Pla)
Craving food from your favourite Thai restaurant? Don’t fret! This recipe makes for a flavourful dish that will make you feel like you feel like you’re walking the streets of Bangkok on a hot summer afternoon.
Serves
2
Cooking Time
20 mins
Cuisine
Thai
Ingredients
- 300g mackerel, boneless
- 1 tbsp. red Thai curry spice
- 1 lemongrass, thinly sliced
- 1 kaffir lime leaf, thinly sliced
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tbsp. corn flour
- 5 tbsp. margarine
- 6 long beans, sliced thinly
- A little bit of salad leaves, cucumber and tomato for decoration
Ingredients for Sauce
- 2 tsp. fish sauce
Ingredients for Cucumber Acar
- 1/2 cup fine sugar
- ½ cup vinegar
- 1 white onion sliced thinly
- 1 red chilies
Instructions
- Cut mackerel till it looks crushed on a cutting board.
- Mix all the ingredients together with the fish.
- Refrigerate the mixture for an hour.
- Take out the mixture and flatten it with your hands (make sure it is in the shape of a circle).
- Fry patties in oil till they are cooked.
- Serve with cucumber acar.
Instructions for Sauce
- Heat fish sauce until thickened.
- Let it cool.
- Add cucumber, crushed peanut and coriander.
