Spicy prawncakes with noodle salad
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- serves 2
Ingredients
- 250g raw peeled prawns
- 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste
- a small bunch coriander, chopped
- 100g flat rice noodles
- for frying olive oil
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 limes, juiced
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 4 spring onions, sliced
- 3 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
Method
- STEP 1
Put the prawns in a food processor with the curry paste and 2 tbsp of the coriander. Whizz into a paste, then form into 8 cakes.
- STEP 2
Put the noodles in a bowl and pour over a kettle of boiling water. Leave until tender, drain, rinse in cold water and drain again.
- STEP 3
Fry the prawncakes for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden and cooked through.
- STEP 4
Whisk the fish sauce, ½ the lime juice and sugar together until the sugar has dissolved. Toss with the noodles, chilli, spring onions and the rest of the coriander. Mix the chilli sauce with the remaining lime juice. Serve the prawncakes with the noodle salad and chilli lime sauce for dipping.
