Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, fried potato cakes (perkedel). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
A perfect side dish for Soto (see link below), and Jaklin's Spicy Vegan Vegetable Curry (also see link below). Bite sized and flavoursome they are the. Indonesian perkedel has more potatoes than meat.
Fried Potato Cakes (Perkedel) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Fried Potato Cakes (Perkedel) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have fried potato cakes (perkedel) using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Fried Potato Cakes (Perkedel):
- Take 3 medium potatoes
- Make ready 1 egg
- Get Scallions
- Make ready Salt
- Take Pepper
- Get Oil to fry
The humble perkedel is tasty and filling, and you will spot these everywhere in Indonesia, from street hawkers, tiny Mom-and-Pop family restaurants, all the way. Padang-Style Mashed Potato Fritters (Perkedel Kenteng). To make these crisp-crusted fritters, mashed potatoes blended with pan-fried shallots and freshly grated nutmeg are dipped in beaten egg and fried. These potato cakes are great with any meal or as a snack.
Instructions to make Fried Potato Cakes (Perkedel):
- Clean and cut the potatoes into small pieces, then fry until it's softened, but not completely fried
- Slice the scallions into thin slices
- Smash the fried potatoes and add scallions, salt and lots of pepper, let it cool down a little bit before adding the egg
- Once it's cool, add the egg and mix them well
- Preheat a pan with some oil, form the mixture into round or oval shape then fry them until it's golden brown
- Do not flip over until one side is Cooked
- Remove from the oil, place it on wax paper or kitchen towel to get rid of excess oil
- Serve it as your morning or afternoon Snacks
Simple and quick to make with only a few ingredients. Made one batch and it still very much like fried potatoes and sort of bland. So I added some shakes of garlic powder, paprika, added another egg and some grated cheese in the next batch. The term "perkedel" originated from Dutch language: Frikadel, this shows Netherland influence in Indonesian culinary art. In its original version back in Europe, frikadel is made from pulverized minced beef and then fried.
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