thai fish cake


Ingredients:
8 oz. fish paste (I used store-bought fish paste)

1/2 egg (beaten)

2 tablespoons Thai red curry paste (Mae Ploy brand or Maesri brand)

5 snake beans/long beans (thinly sliced)

5 kaffir lime leaves (cut into fine thin strips)

Method:
-In a small bowl, mix all the ingredients above to form a smooth fish paste. Make sure the red curry paste is well blended with the rest of the ingredients.

-Heat up a pot of oil. Wet your hands and pick up the fish paste (about the size of a ping pong ball).


-Use your fingers and palms to flatten it and make it into a patty.


-Drop it into the cooking oil and fry till golden brown. Repeat the same for the rest of the fish paste.


-Alternatively, you can prepare all the fish paste first and then deep fry all of them at once.

-Serve the fish cakes hot with Thai sweet chili sauce and sliced fresh cucumber.

(Please refer to my Thai Fried Chicken recipe and find out how I dressed up store-bought Thai chili sauce.)