My mother insisted on feeding us fish once a week when I was little, but my brother didn’t eat fish in any form. Frustrated after trying so many recipes and failing to get him to eat fish, my mother asked our neighbor, one of her best friends, who gave her this recipe to try. My little brother looked at them and decided they looked yummy, and had a few not knowing  that he was eating fish!

My daughter had the same problem with her baby boy, so I followed mother’s trick and made this fish cake and guess what? It worked like a charm; there’s nothing like your parents wisdom sometimes. If you have the same problem, try out this recipe and let me know if it worked out for you too.

Ingredients:

• 500 grams fillet fish ( I used hammour/grouper; use what you prefer)
• 2 medium size, boiled potatoes
• 1 medium size onion, finely chopped
• 1 red capsicum, finely diced
• 2 leaves fennel, chopped
• zest of one lemon
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• one cup canola oil for frying

Preparation:

• Preheat the oven to 180 C
• Place the fish in a tray with a pinch of salt and a dash of pepper until cooked
• In the meantime heat the olive oil in a saucepan and fry the onion until slightly colored
• Mash the potatoes, mix with fennel, capsicum, onion
• When the fish is grilled, chop it in small pieces and add it to the potato mixture, season with salt and pepper and add the lemon zest
• Place the beaten eggs in a plate, and the breadcrumbs in another one
• Make small balls from the fish mixture and flatten it with your hand, dip it in the eggs and then roll it in the breadcrumbs, until all the quantities are finished
• Heat the canola oil and fry the fish caked until golden for few minutes, then turn them on the other side too

ET VOILA… C’EST TOUT! BON APPETIT 🙂