Friday, November 18, 2011

Fish and Prawn Cakes with Macadamias and Mint Yoghurt

Fish and Prawn Cakes with Macadamias and Mint Yoghurt

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Skills needed: Intermediate

Serves 4
100g (2/3 cup) roasted macadamia nuts,
finely chopped  
500g uncooked king prawns  
400g boneless fish fillets      
½ small onion, finely chopped  
1 tbs green curry paste   
2 tbs lemon juice  
2 tbs chopped coriander leaves 
1 tbs olive oil
½ cup plain yoghurt
1 ½ tbs chopped mint



Method

Peel and devein the prawns. Chop the prawns and fish roughly. Combine in a food processor and blend until roughly chopped, remove.
Add the nuts, onion, curry paste, lemon juice and coriander to the fish mixture. Press the mixture together, divide into 8 and roll into patties.
Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan. Add 4 of the patties and cook on medium for 1 minute on each side or until just cooked through. Repeat with the remaining patties.
Serve with combined yoghurt and mint.