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Fish cakes with tomato sauce (Machchi na cutless)
Photo: David Holifield

Fish cakes with tomato sauce (Machchi na cutless)

24 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

These spicy fish cakes and sauce are great hot or cold. They also work well in soft rolls for a fancy sandwich.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1210
Calories
51g
Protein
49g
Fat
142g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 20 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Sunflower 1 oz (28g) hulled 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
White Bread 1 slice (30g) white 79
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0
Malt not in our table 0
Tamarind not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2-3 tbsp sunflower or rapeseed oil
  • 2 x 2.5cm/1in piece cinnamon
  • 2 large whole dried red chillies
  • 3-4 cloves
  • 2 smallish onions
  • 1 heaped tbsp gingergarlicgarlicginger
  • 4-5 tomatoes, chopped (or a 400g/14oz can chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp malt vinegar
  • 1 tbsp jaggery
  • ½ tsp tamarind
  • , to taste salt
  • 250g/9oz white fish
  • 1 large green chilli
  • 2.5cm/1in piece fresh ginger
  • 6-8 garlic cloves
  • 2 tbsp chopped coriander
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 free-range egg
  • 2 slices white bread
  • and pepper salt
  • 100g/3½oz plain flour
  • 2-3 free-range eggs
  • , for shallow-frying oil

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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