How to make a proper fish cake

Fish cake
  • 1.1kg of trevally
  • 11/2 tbsp of fish sauce
  • 4 finely chopped red chillies
  • A handful of finely chopped parsley
  • A handful of finely chopped coriander
  • A handful of finely chopped spring onions
  • Salt and white pepper
Simple Salad
  • 2 small carrots, finely julienned
  • 2 small cucumbers, skinned, de-seeded and finely sliced
  • 4 cherry capsicums, finely diced
  • 8 cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • 16 grapes, halved
  • Good quality olive oil
Method:

  • Scrape the flesh off the skin with a porcelain soup spoon. Remove any bloodline and bones if any. Use a chopped and mince it. Place the minced fish in a big metal bowl
  • Add all the ingredients for the fish cake except the fish sauce and mix it through. Start grabbing a handful of fish mixture and slap it against the side of the metal. (Watch the youtube video below) It takes awhile and be prepared for sore arms later!
  • Since the mixture becomes sticky, add the fish sauce and continue till the mixture looks like fish mash
  • Shape the fish cake and add it to the hot pan with olive oil. Bring the heat down to medium and shallow fry it till they are lightly brown on both sides or cooked
  • For the salad, mix all the ingredients together and just add olive oil
  • Serve the fish cakes and the salad together.