Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Serves: 18 cakes (approx)

Ingredients

600g of white fish, such as cod or haddock
3 tbsp nam plaa fish sauce
2 tbsp red curry paste
1 egg
10 kaffir lime leaves
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
120g thin green beans, sliced very finely
Vegetable oil for frying
Cucumber relish

120ml rice vinegar
100g sugar
2 Cucumber, thinly sliced
2 tbsp fresh root ginger, finely chopped
6 shallots finely diced
2 cloves garlic
1 Birdseye chilli finely diced
2 tbsp boiling water
pinch of salt
Instructions:

For the relish
Peel the cucumber and slice very finely (on a grater or with a vegetable peeler)
Peel the shallots and cut in half and slice very finely too
Combine the rice vinegar, sugar and water. Bring to the boil and stir to dissolve
Taste, modify if necessary. Allow to cool
Combine the chopped chilli, cucumber, garlic, ginger and shallots. Set aside. Pour the vinegar mixture over the ingredients

For the cakes
Take the veins out of the Kaffir lime leaves, and put into a food processor, blend to chop finely
Add in the rest of the ingredients (fish sauce, red curry paste, sugar, egg, and coriander) except for the green beans and blend to mix thoroughly. (It is a good idea to fry a little bit of the mix at this stage to check that you are happy with the flavour)
If you are happy with the flavour, remove from the bowl and mix in the green beans
Shape into small flat cakes, about ½ inch thick. You will find the mixture sticky to work with, so if you wet your hands it is easier
Heat about an inch of sunflower/vegetable oil in a frying pan. Shallow fry for 2 minutes on each side or until cooked through. Drain on kitchen paper and keep warm in the oven. These can be deep fried or oven baked too.

Serve the fish cakes with the cucumber relish
Another lovely cheat’s sauce for these is sweet chilli sauce mixed with sour cream and chopped fresh coriander.

Serves 4-6
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

1 onion
2 carrots
500g mince beef
1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
½ cup of peas
200ml beef stock
3-4 large potatoes
1 tbsp butter
Salt and pepper
1 tbsp oil

1.Pre-heat the oven at 190°C.
2. Peel and chop the onion and carrot finely. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the onion and cook. Add the minced beef and sauté until the mince is thoroughly browned.
3. Add the tomato sauce, finely chopped carrot and peas. Stir thoroughly to combine.
4. Gradually add the stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and cover, simmering for 10 to 15 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. The mixture should be quite thick.
5. Peel the potatoes, chop into quarters and place in a medium saucepan with cold water just covering the potatoes. Add a little salt to the water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Mash the potatoes with one tablespoon of butter until the potato is very creamy – add a little milk if necessary. Add salt to taste.
6. Spoon the mince mixture into a pie dish, then spoon or pipe the creamy mashed potato over the mince. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the potato is golden and the pie is heated through.

7. Serve hot with your own choice of vegetable or salad.

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