Recipe:
Fish cakes with a vermicelli crunch
serves:
6
Ingredients:
Potatoes, peeled and cubed
Onion, finely diced
Garlic, minced
Ginger, grated
Green chilies
Turmeric powder
Kashmiri chili powder
Coriander seeds, crushed
Fresh coriander stalks, finely chopped
Salt
Salmon, skinned and boned
White fish, skinned and boned
Corn flour
Lemon juice
Oil for frying
Coating:
Vermicelli, crushed
Plain flour
water
300 grams
1
2 cloves
3 cm
2
½ tsp.
1 tsp.
1 tsp.
Handful
½ tsp.
150 grams
250 grams
1 tbsp.
2-3 tbsp.
Method:
1. Boil the potatoes until they are cooked, then mash and set to one side.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add the onions, sauté until soft then add the ginger, garlic and chilies.
3. Add all the spices with the salt and coriander stalks and stir.
4. Stir in the chopped fish and cook with a squeeze of lemon juice for a few minutes until the fish is cooked through.
5. Remove the pan from the heat and leave to cool for a while before adding the mashed potatoes with the corn flour and mix together.
6. Check the seasoning and adjust if required.
7. Wet your hands and make about 10 large or 20 smaller patties out of the mixture and refrigerate.
8. In a separate bowl mix some flour and water to make a thick batter.
9. On a tray crush the vermicelli to small bits (you can also put it into a food processor to break it up).
10. Heat the oil in a pan ready for frying your cakes.
11. Take a pattie and coat in the batter on both sides. Use a fork to fish it out and get rid of any excess batter and place it on the tray with the vermicelli.
12. Cover the pattie with the vermicelli all over so it's completely coated and set to one side. Repeat with all the patties.
13. Check the oil is hot then place as many of the cakes into the pan as will fit and leave to cook for 2-3 minutes then turn them over until they are golden and crispy on both sides. Repeat with the remaining fishcakes and serve.