Curried Hake Fish Cakes with a Fresh Green Salad 

	    
              
  • 4 People
  • 40 min.
  • easy 
There are so many ways you can use Rajah in your kitchen. Try our fish cakes with a deliciously spicy twist! Garlic, ginger, parsley and Rajah Mild & Spicy Curry Powder are combined with cooked hake and potato, formed into cakes, then fried until crisp and golden. Serve with a garden salad and chilli mayonnaise dressing. 
Ingredients

For the fish cakes:

  • 800 g hake fillets
  • 75 ml (5 Tbsp) olive oil
  • 3 large potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 15 ml (1 Tbsp) chopped garlic
  • 15 ml (1 Tbsp) minced fresh ginger
  • 30 ml (2 Tbsp) Rajah Mild & Spicy Curry Powder
  • 80 g breadcrumbs
  • 30 ml (2 Tbsp) mayonnaise
  • a small handful of chopped parsley
  • 1 ml salt, to season
  • 1 ml ground black pepper, to taste
  • 125 ml (½ cup) flour
  • 400 ml vegetable oil

For the salad:

  • 50 g mixed lettuce
  • 1 small cucumber, shaved into ribbons
  • a quarter of a red onion, peeled and thinly sliced
  • the juice of 1 lemon
  • 10 ml (2 tsp) Dijon mustard
  • 15 ml (1 Tbsp) olive oil

To serve:

  • 125 ml (½ cup) mayonnaise
  • 45 ml (3 Tbsp) sweet chilli sauce
Cooking Method
  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.

  2. Place your hake fillets on a tray and brush the tops with 30ml (2 Tbsp) of the olive oil. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes, or until just cooked through. Set aside and allow to cool, then discard the skin and shred the fish.

  3. Put the potatoes into a pot with add enough water to cover them. Boil on until soft, then drain in a colander. Let them stand until cool and completely dried out, then mash them and set aside.

  4. Heat the remaining 45ml (3 Tbsp) olive oil in a pan over a medium heat. Add the chopped onion and sauté for five minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for a further three minutes.

  5. Stir in the Rajah Mild & Spicy Curry Powder and cook for another minute. Remove from the heat.

  6. Scrape the onion mix from the pan into a bowl and stir in the shredded hake and mashed potato. Add the breadcrumbs, mayonnaise and chopped parsley. Mix well and season to taste with salt and pepper.

  7. Divide the mixture into eight even-sized balls, then gently press down on each one to create a patty. Place in the fridge to chill.

  8. Once the fish cakes have chilled, gently toss each one in flour and dust off the excess.

  9. Heat the vegetable oil in a pan over a medium heat. Add the fish cakes and cook for five minutes, or until golden and heated through. Turn the cakes over halfway through the cooking time.

  10. To make the salad, mix together the lettuce, cucumber and red onion in a bowl. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, Dijon mustard and olive oil. Toss the dressing through the salad just before serving.

  11. Mix the mayonnaise and sweet chilli sauce together.

  12. To serve, divide the dressed salad between four plates, add two fish cakes to each, and finish with a dollop of chilli mayonnaise dressing.

  • Nut Free
  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free