Perkedel - Indonesian murphy cakes

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Fried white patato cakes build cracking snack anytime. Perkedel I intend is an Indo-Dutch fusion. There are diverse spellings all hateful the same white patato cake if yous always come upward across them.

perkedel = berkedel = bergedel = bergedil

This is domicile cooking build perkedel amongst whatever mixtures yous like. Other than the white patato at that spot are no strict rules what else tin flaming endure added. Tinned corned beef or minced beef is common, but yous tin flaming also purpose chicken, tinned tuna, tinned sardine or fifty-fifty pork mince for non halal version. For a vegetarian version, only instruct out out the meat purpose to a greater extent than boundary onion or sub meat amongst corn kernels, when adding to a greater extent than vegetables build certain they are rather dry out or cakes tin flaming endure rattling soft.

For the potato, some people similar to deep fried starting fourth dimension in addition to then mashed I discovery this likewise greasy. I similar mine steamed a lot healthier. Do non purpose peeled in addition to boiled potato, this may absorb likewise much liquid tin flaming Pb to rattling soft cake. Waxy white patato binds the mixture better. You tin flaming also purpose leftover roast or baked potato.

The cakes are dipped inwards beaten egg earlier frying, at that spot are several advantages yesteryear doing this:

• The egg volition shape a coating preventing the white patato cake falling apart during frying.
• This egg coating is non stick making frying a lot easier
• This coating is non supercrunchy but rather prissy in addition to nutty flavoured.

This is my version of perkedel if yous similar to give it a try. It is prissy hot or cold. Measurements are all agak agak (Malay maxim for approximate). No require to endure precised every bit long every bit the cake mixture is rather dry out or firm. 

Ingredients:
This qty volition build close eighteen - 24 cakes.

about 800g - 1kg of potatoes

about 250g minced (ground) beef

1 medium large onion

1 medium carrot (optional), if yous similar only beef tin flaming instruct out this out

1 - 1.5 tbsp curry pulverization (any build or mix yous got inwards your cupboard), if non only purpose two tsp solid soil coriander, 1 tsp chilli pulverization in addition to pinch of solid soil nutmeg

0.5 tsp solid soil pepper

1.5 - two tsp salt

some cooking fossil oil for frying the meat mixture

some chopped boundary onion and/coriander (I used solely boundary onion close iii - four stalks)
few tbsp crispy fried shallot or onion (optional if yous convey some), I did non add together this

some obviously flour (optional), I did non add together this
iii eggs, beaten

about two cups of fossil oil for deep frying 

Cakes earlier frying

Method

1. Finely chopped the onion in addition to carrot.
2. Add some fossil oil to a pan/wok, little the onion till softened in addition to then add together curry powder, solid soil pepper in addition to salt, stir till fragrant. Add beef stir till beef is browned in addition to then add together carrot. Stir little for a piece till mixture is quite dry. Remove in addition to laid aside to cool.
3. Steam the white patato amongst the pare on. When cooked instruct out to cool in addition to then peel. Mash or compaction the potato. I similar my white patato even hence quite chunky. 
4. Before chopping the boundary onion or coriander, build certain to give it a expert squeeze to withdraw whatever moisture. Moisture tin flaming Pb to soft cake. 
5. Now gear upward to build the cake mixture. Mix together potato, meat mixture, boundary onion/coriander, one-half the beaten egg in addition to crispy shallot or onion (if using)
6. If the mixture is soft add together two - iii tbsp obviously flour. I did non add together flour. 
7. Take a lump of mixture give it a low-cal squeeze in addition to shape into a cake. Continue doing this till finished. 
8. If yous convey fourth dimension instruct out the cakes to chill inwards the fridge, this volition handle to theater them upward a bit. If non tin flaming little correct away. 
9. Heat fossil oil till medium hot. 
10. Coat 1 cake at a fourth dimension amongst the remaining beaten egg in addition to then driblet into hot fossil oil correct away. Fry till golden brown. Do non crowd the pan/wok, little the cakes inwards batches. 
11. For a to a greater extent than crunchy skin, house the cakes on a rack in addition to oestrus inwards oven (medium heat) piece yous are busy frying the balance of the cakes. 

These cakes tin flaming endure served hot, warm or cold. The cake texture is soft within but non mushy. if yous similar a firmer texture add together some obviously flour. 

You tin flaming experiment yesteryear adding whatever vegetables or meat/fish yous like. Just build certain the mixture is theater earlier shaping into cakes. If non add together some flour. 

If yous are fatty conscious, yous tin flaming shallow fried amongst less fossil oil or pan fried amongst only few tbsp of oil. Alternatively tin flaming bake at a fairly high oven, only brush the overstep of cakes amongst egg.

I had this cakes amongst an mo sweetness in addition to sour chilli dipping sauce yesteryear mixing a expert squeeze of hot chilli sauce, some lime juice, some saccharide in addition to some fish sauce. For an authentic Indonesian affect yous tin flaming build Kuah Cuko which is also a spicy sweetness in addition to sour sauce, amongst fresh minced/ground chillies in addition to garlic, salt, vinegar, saccharide in addition to a piffling boiling water. Another sauce which is expert is sambal oelek.