Perkedel, bergedel or begedil is Indonesian fried patties, made of ground
potatoes, minced meat, peeled and ground corn or tofu, or minced fish.
Most common perkedel are made from mashed
potatoes, yet there are other popular variants which includesperkedel
jagung (peeled maize perkedel) and perkedel tahu (tofu perkedel)
and perkedel ikan (minced fish). Throughout most of Indonesia it is
called perkedel; however, it is called begedil in Javanese.
This Recipes of Perkedel
Kentang from Daily Cooking Quest
Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 45 mins Total time: 1 hour
Serves: 16 patties
Ingredients:
- 500 gram potato
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg (Indonesian: bubuk pala)
- ½ teaspoon ground blackpepper
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped celery leaves (Indonesian: daun seledri) (*)
- 1 tablespoon deep fried shallot (Indonesian: bawang goreng)
- oil for deep frying
Instructions:
- Peel the potatoes skin, cut into quarters.
- Prepare a steamer and steam the chopped potatoes until tender, about 10 minutes, then mash in a mixing bowl.
- Add other ingredients except oil into the potato and mix well.
- Divide the mixture into 16 portions and make into patties.
- Prepare enough oil in a pot for deep frying. When the oil reach about 170 Celcius (340 Fahrenheit), deep fry the potato patties until golden.