Goan Fish Cakes

 

Goa, being a coastal state of India, has plenty of fish. Here fish s prepared with spices to make delicious fish cakes.

 

Ingredients

1lb (450gm) white fish skinned
2 potatoes which have been peeled,
boiled and roughly mashed
4 spring onions chopped finely
2 finely shopped green chillies
2 tsp ground ginger
Some chopped coriander and mint
leaves chopped
2 eggs
Breadcrumbs for coating
Oil for frying.

Direction

Poach the fish in a pan or steamer
until cooked. Test with a fork and if the
flesh flakes easily it is cooked. Once
cooked remove from the pan and allow
to cool.
Once cool, crumble into small pieces
and mix together with the mashed
potatoes, spring onions, coriander,
chillies and mint along with one of the
eggs and season with salt and pepper.
Take some of this mixture and make
into a small cake with your hand. The
mixture should make around 20 cakes.
Crack the remaining egg and beat
gently and put onto a plate.
Put the breadcrumbs onto another
plate.
Dip each cake into the egg and then
the breadcrumbs and repeat on the other
side.
Do this with all of the cakes.
Fry in oil on each side until the cakes
are golden brown.
Serve as a snack or appetizer with
lemon wedges and a chilli sauce or
perhaps just a green salad.