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Warm prawn cake salad with sweet chilli dressing

This recipe sees homemade prawn cakes tossed through a punchy Asian salad to create a diabetic-friendly meal that's tasty enough for the whole family to enjoy. Plus, it's ready in under an hour
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This recipe first appeared in Woman’s Day.

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Ingredients

Asian salad

Method

1.In a saucepan of boiling water, cook potatoes for 12-15 minutes until tender. Drain, cool and mash. Transfer to a large bowl.
2.Add prawn meat, quinoa flakes, coriander, paste and lime juice to potatoes, mixing well. Form heaped tablespoons of mixture into balls. Arrange on a lined tray and chill.
3.For the Asian salad: In a large bowl, toss herbs, sprouts, cucumber, radish, tomatoes and onion together. In a jug, whisk remaining ingredients together. Set aside.
4.In a large frying pan, heat oil on medium. Pan-fry prawn balls in three batches for 3-4 minutes each, turning, until cooked through. Drain on a paper towel.
5.When ready to serve, toss balls through salad with dressing.
  • This diabetic-friendly recipe uses low-GI foods (grains, pulses and noodles), 50g carbs or less, 10g fat or less (no more than 5g saturated fat) and less than 800mg sodium. It’s around 2000kJ for a main meal.
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