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Quick & Easy Prawn Cakes

Inspired from Thai Cuisine, made Prawn Cakes as a side dish for lunch.

This delicious patties are loaded with veggies and is perfect as an appetiser, snack or can be served as side dish with rice and salad. My son loved it too as his after school snack.

I love prawns or shrimp whereas my husband doesn’t. He doesn’t like the smell of prawns. But he always makes sure to get prawns for me whenever he goes to the fish market. Son (6 years old) doesn’t seem to enjoy it too however he loved it this time since I made it like a cutlet.

As I had fresh prawns, I had peeled & deveined the prawns at home. You can use the fresh or the frozen packet ones from the supermarket. Any size will do, small or jumbo doesn’t matter because the prawns are anyway to be minced.

Now, in this particular recipe, I’ve used Thai Red Curry Paste. The vibrant Thai Curry paste brought out the colour and the flavour in the prawn cakes. If you don’t have the Thai Curry Paste at home, that’s fine too, substitute it with Bird eye chilli, lemongrass, cumin powder & coriander powder.

Ingredients: (10 prawn cakes)

• 150 gms prawns shelled, deveined & minced

•2 tbsp Chopped veggies (red bell pepper, carrot & green beans)

•1 tbsp chopped shallots

•1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

•1 tsp minced ginger & garlic

•2 tsp rice flour

•1 tsp Thai red curry paste

•1 medium egg

•1 tsp fish sauce

•1/4 tsp crushed peppercorns

•1 tsp lime juice

•1/2 tsp sugar

•Salt to taste

•Olive Oil for frying

Method:

Mix all the ingredients above in a mixing bowl except oil. Cover and let it sit for 15 mins.

Heat oil in a pan and with the help of a spoon, scoop out the the mixture on the pan. Flatten the cakes/patties with the help of a spatula. Cook it in low to medium heat for 5 to 6 minutes or until golden brown in both sides. Serve hot with your favourite sauce, salad or with rice.

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