Thai Style Shrimp Cakes are easy and simple to make in few minutes. A great appetizer or a snack for seafood lovers.
If you like crab cakes, you should also definitely try making this shrimp cake. First time I tasted this shrimp cake in a Thai restaurant and I liked it a lot.
Homemade Appetizer
I just tried making it at home with store bought red curry paste and I was not much satisfied with the taste. So I customized and make the red curry paste at home according to my taste with fresh spices.
I avoid adding fish sauce in it because I don’t want my shrimp cakes saltier.
Different from Traditional Cakes
Traditional Thai shrimp cakes have string beans in it, which I tasted in a Thai restaurant. The one I made does not have beans.
Also, I mixed Indian spices to it. To make it more flavourful.
Shrimp cakes with panko
The crunchy part of shrimp cakes come from bread crumbs. I use panko breadcrumbs in this recipe. They are delicious and adds that super crunchy taste to it.
More Seafood Recipes
- Shrimp Soup with Coconut Milk and Vegetables
- Homemade Crispy Fish Fingers in 25 Mins – Finger fish for Parties
- Fish Puttu – Indian Salmon Recipe
Shrimp Cakes are easy and simple to make in few minutes. If you like crab cakes, you should also definitely try making this shrimp cake.
- 25 no SHRIMP
- 0.50 cup BREAD CRUMBS
- 1 no EGG YOLK RAW
- 4 no RED CHILIES
- 2 no GARLIC
- 0.50 tsp CORIANDER SEED
- 0.50 tsp CUMIN SEED
- 0.50 tsp SALT TABLE
- 1 tbsp CILANTRO (CORIANDER)LEAVES RAW
- 3 tbsp OIL
- 0.25 cup COCONUT MILK
- 0.50 tsp GINGER
- 2 no SHALLOTS RAW
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Blend shrimp and egg yolk together in a food processor.
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Dry roast the shallots, red chilies, coriander stems, garlic, ginger, cumin seeds, coriander seeds together until onion becomes soft and garlic changes its color into golden brown and makes a fine paste.
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In a pan heat coconut milk and add the grounded spices paste. Cook until it becomes thick and allow it to cool completely. Add it to the Shrimp mixture.
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In a medium bowl combine grounded shrimp mixture and salt together. Divide them into small sized balls.
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Spread bread crumbs on a plate and roll the shrimp balls. Make thin patties out of it, by pressing in between the palms.
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Heat oil in a skillet and roast the shrimp patties on both sides until the color changes into golden brown.
How to Serve this Shrimp Cake?
I served these shrimp cakes as an appetizer for my guests and they all loved it. You can just eat it as it is or you can also use dipping sauce like these ones