Vegetable and fish cakes

These vegetable and fish cakes are a tasty way to sneak some veggies into your child's dinner. Lightly pan-fried they make for a quick mid-week meal.

Ingredients

  • 100g potato or sweet potato

  • 25g carrot

  • 25g leek

  • 25g baby sweet corn

  • 25g broccoli or peas

  • 50g skinless white fish

  • A little chopped dill

    optional

  • 1/2 beaten egg

  • 50g breadcrumbs

  • 1-2 tbsp olive oil

  • A little plain flour

    for dusting hands

Allergy Advice

Contains Eggs

Contains Fish

Contains Gluten

Equipment

  • 1 Steamer
  • 1 Frying pan
  • 1 Blender or masher

Instructions

  1. Wash, peel and chop the potato and carrot. Steam for 5 mins.
  2. Finely slice the leek, corn, broccoli or peas, add to the potato and carrot and steam for a further 5 mins.
  3. Check the fish for bones and finely chop, add to the steamer with the dill if using and cook for another 5 mins.
  4. Meanwhile beat the egg and set aside. Either blend or mash the fish and vegetable mix depending on how coarse or smooth you prefer it.
  5. Add in the egg.
  6. Heat the oil in the frying pan and flour your hands then scoop a dessert spoon sized dollop of the mix and form a patty (the mixture will be moist) and drop it in the breadcrumbs to coat.
  7. Fry each side for 3-4 mins until golden.

Notes

Tip
The mixture will be moist when forming patties; flouring your hands helps with handling.

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