Vietnamese Coconut Pancakes with Smoked Salmon

Difficulty: Medium
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 35 mins
Cooking time: 5 mins

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Ingredients

Pancakes:

1 cup of rice flour
1 teaspoon of turmeric
1 cup of cold water
1 1/3 cup coconut milk
oil, for frying

Dipping Sauce:

2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 teaspoon of garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon of caster sugar
1 teaspoon of water
1 lime, juice only
1 teaspoon of fresh ginger, grated
1 teaspoon of chilis, finely chopped

Filling:

7oz (2 packs) of Regal Cold Smoked Salmon
1 cup of mung beans
12 baby cos lettuce leaves
1/2 a cucumber, julienned
1/2 a red onion, thinly sliced
1 cup of fresh mint, or Vietnamese mint leaves
1/2 a cup of fresh cilantro leaves

Method

Sift flour and turmeric into a large bowl. Add the cold water and coconut milk and whisk until smooth. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine all dipping sauce ingredients and set aside.

Pour a generous glug of oil into a large non-stick frypan. Bring to medium heat and pour a ladleful of pancake batter into the pan. Swirl it around until evenly spread. Fry for 4 minutes or until golden and crisp, carefully flip and cook for a further 2 - 3 minutes. If the pancake isn’t crisp before flipping, it will fall apart.

Fill pancake with mung beans and smoked salmon. Serve alongside lettuce, fresh herbs and cucumber and sliced red onion.

Traditionally, filled pancakes are cut into slices, placed in the center of a large lettuce leaf, topped with herbs, then rolled up and dipped in chili sauce.