{"id":3496,"slug":"tod-mun-thai-fish-cakes","title":"Tod Mun (Thai Fish Cakes)","description":"Tod mun (Thai fish cakes) can be found sold on the streets of Thailand and are a popular snack. At home they are perfect for an appetizer. There are many different recipes. The most common variant uses both fish and shrimp; this is the basic fish recipe.","ingredients_raw":["½ cup (120 ml) vegetable oil (for frying)","1 tablespoon (15 ml) sugar","½ teaspoon (7.5 ml) salt","120 grams (about ¼ lb) green beans","360 grams (about ¾ lb) ground fish or fish paste (pla kuud)","1 tablespoon (15 ml) red curry paste","1 egg","3 Kaffir lime leaves"],"ingredients_norm":["vegetable oil","sugar","salt","green bean","ground fish or fish paste","red curry paste","egg","kaffir lime leaf"],"steps":["Stack the lime leaves and roll them together into a tube shape. Slice them into thin strips.","Slice the green beans into small (½ inch) pieces.","Mince the fish.","Mix all the ingredients except the green beans and lime leaves in a bowl.","Stir until the mixture is smooth.","Add the green beans and lime leaves to the mixture and stir again.","Add the oil to a frying pan and heat to a medium temperature.","Drop a tablespoon of the mixture into the pan and flatten slightly. When the bottom is cooked, turn over.","When cooked on both sides, place on a paper towel to drain any extra oil. Continue with the rest of the mixture."],"categories":["Thai recipes","Recipes for curry","Recipes using fish","Deep fried recipes","Appetizer recipes","Recipes using sugar","Recipes using egg","Recipes using vegetable oil","Recipes using kaffir lime","Recipes using green bean"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Tod_Mun_(Thai_Fish_Cakes)","source_ref":"4535142","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Tod_Mun_(Thai_Fish_Cakes)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"5cb60854e0853824afe4ddce407e7fe3307795122e7bbacbdfb77253805267c5","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:28Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:28Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/tod-mun-thai-fish-cakes"}