BERGEDEL (SPICY FRIED POTATO PATTIES)

The Ingredients:

• ½ kg of potatoes
  


• ½ cup of minced meat
  


• 1 teaspoon salt
  


• ½ teaspoon pepper powder
  


• 1 clove of garlic
  


• 2 stalks spring onions – sliced
  


• 2 eggs

The steps:

1. Pound ginger & garlic. Mix with minced meat.
   


2. In a cooking pan, fry the above till meat is cooked.
   


3. Remove meat & leave it aside.
   


4. Peel & slice potatoes. Fry potatoes until golden brown.
   


5. Mash fried potatoes.
   


6. Mix mashed potatoes, cooked minced meat, sliced onions & add some pepper & salt.Mix thoroughly.
   


7. Pinch a bit of the mixture & make it into a flat round piece (about 2 inches in diameter). Repeat process till all the mixture is used up.
   


8. Beat eggs in a bowl. (Do not overbeat the eggs)
   


9. For every potato round, cover with beaten egg & drop it in the hot oil.
   


10. Turn once when brown.
    


11. Remove from heat, drain excess oil & serve while hot.

"Bergedil served with nasi lemak"

Bergedil can be serve with lontong & kuah lodeh for HARI RAYA meals. I love bergedel (=