Thai style fish cakes serves 4 as a starter
make them in advance, keep them covered in clingfilm in the fridge and then fry them in a hot wok, in 1 inch of vegetable oil, four at a time.
1 can of tuna , at least 200g in weight
3 tablespoons of 1000 island dressing
6 slices of white bread made in to crumbs ( rip in in to pieces and put it in the blender)
1 egg
a small amount of chilli - this could be in the form of a finely chopped chilli, some hot sauce like tabasco - it's really up to you how you deliver the heat
2 spring onions including the green bits very finely chopped
2 teaspoon sof Thai Fish sauce
a squeeze of lime juice
1 bunch of coriander finely chopped with some reserved to garnish
Sweet chilli sauce to serve
Mix it all together in a big bowl, use your hands - it's the best way. Then chill it in the fridge for half an hour. Then with wet hands shape in to balls a little larger than a ping pong ball and flatten slightly and arrange on a plate. Cover with cling film and taket them out of the fridge while you are heating the oil in which to fry them.
Arrange on a platter with a shallow bowl of sauce for each guest and garnish with corriander and finely sliced cucumber.
I 'm sure you have a type of noodle stir fry that you like for the main course, you could add some firm tofu, Cauldron do a nice marinated one, some sliced canned baby corn and some crushed peanuts in amongst the other veg. The ready made sauces you can buy are good and provide all your seasonings for the dish.
A salad of sliced red onions and cherry tomatoes would go well.
Get some good fruit sorbet for dessert, like mango.