"PERKEDEL" Potato Cake

If we were asked, "what is our staple food?" Rice will be our answer. I hardly have any substitute for rice. For me, having a meal means having rice with all the side dishes and for many Indonesians, having no rice during dinner means they haven't eaten their dinner.

What about potatoes? Well, we eat potatoes but not as a main dish. Indonesians usually cook potatoes in a certain way before they eat it. One of the way is to make them into 'Perkedel". A Perkedel is mainly mashed potato mixed with ground meat, shaped like a ball and fried until it is golden brown. We usually eat it with, guess what, rice and other side dishes.

Here is the recipe for making Perkedel,

Ingredients :

500 gram of potatoes, cut into fries size and fried

50 gram of ground meat (you can use either ground beef or corn beef)

1 green onion, finely chopped

2 tbsps of fried shallots

1/2 tsp of salt

1/4 tsp of pepper

1/2 tsp of powder nutmeg

You also need 1 egg beaten to coat the perkedel.

Instruction :

1. Mash the fried potatoes with fork.

2. Add in the ground meat, chopped green onion and fried shallots, mix well.

3. Add in salt, pepper, powder nutmeg, stir again.

4. Shape into a flatten ball (see the picture), coat with the beaten egg and fry in hot oil until golden brown.