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🍽️ Thai Fish Balls with Cucumber Relish

244 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp rice vinegar
• 60 g sugar
• 2 cloves garlic
• 4 pieces shallots
• 1 piece cucumber
• salt
• pepper from the mill
• 50 g frozen green beans
• 300 g cod fillet
• 1 walnut-sized piece ginger
• 2 tbsp red curry paste
• 1 piece egg
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• cilantro
• 2 tbsp oil

Instructions

1. 1. Combine rice vinegar with 4 tablespoons of water and sugar in a pot.
2. 2. Bring the vinegar-sugar mixture to a boil.
3. 3. Let the mixture cool down completely.
4. 4. Peel the garlic and shallots.
5. 5. Finely chop the garlic and shallots.
6. 6. Peel the cucumber.
7. 7. Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise.
8. 8. Remove the seeds from the cucumber.
9. 9. Cut or shred the cucumber into fine strips.
10. 10. Mix the cucumber strips with the cooled vinegar-sugar mixture.
11. 11. Add the chopped garlic and shallots to the cucumber mixture.
12. 12. Season the relish with salt and pepper.
13. 13. Let the relish marinate so the flavors can blend.
14. 14. Thaw the green beans according to the package instructions.
15. 15. Cut the fish fillet into coarse cubes.
16. 16. Peel the ginger.
17. 17. Roughly chop the ginger.
18. 18. Place the fish fillet, ginger, and curry paste into the electric chopper.
19. 19. Puree the ingredients in the chopper until smooth.
20. 20. Work the egg into the fish mixture.
21. 21. Add the cornstarch to the mixture.
22. 22. Add the fish sauce to the mixture.
23. 23. Roughly chop the green beans.
24. 24. Rinse the coriander.
25. 25. Shake the coriander dry.
26. 26. Finely chop the coriander leaves.
27. 27. Fold the chopped green beans into the fish batter.
28. 28. Fold the chopped coriander leaves into the fish batter.
29. 29. Season the fish mixture with salt and pepper.
30. 30. Form 12 balls from the fish mixture.
31. 31. Slightly flatten the balls.
32. 32. Heat oil in a non-stick pan.
33. 33. Fry the fish balls on all sides for about 5 minutes.
34. 34. Serve the fish balls together with the cucumber relish.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 244
• Protein: 18 g · Fett/Fat: 8 g · Carbs: 25 g