Indonesian
Perkedel Kentang (Indonesian Potato Fritters)
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Perkedel Kentang (Indonesian Potato Fritters) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the protein alongside and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Peel the potatoes, cut into chunks, and boil until fork-tender, about 15 minutes, then drain well.
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Mash the potatoes while still warm until smooth.
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Mince the garlic and shallots and stir them into the mashed potatoes with the coriander, white pepper, salt, and sliced scallions.
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Beat 1 egg and mix it into the potato mixture until fully combined.
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Shape the mixture into small, flat patties, about 2 inches across.
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Beat the remaining egg in a shallow bowl.
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Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat until shimmering, dip each patty in the beaten egg, and fry until deep golden and crisp on both sides, about 3 minutes per side.
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Drain on paper towels and serve warm.
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Serve it with
A Indonesian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Perkedel Kentang (Indonesian Potato Fritters), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Perkedel Kentang (Indonesian Potato Fritters) carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Bobor Bayam (Spinach in Mild Coconut Broth) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 330 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 35 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 290 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Perkedel Kentang (Indonesian Potato Fritters) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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