Perkedel

Perkedel is a kind of fritters and usually served with rice, along with any kind of traditional soups called soto or as a side dish to complete the main course, for example nasi uduk (traditional dish of Betawinesse, to have nasi uduk, the rice is cook with coconut milk and some spices to create great flavour). Normally, perkedel is made of mashed potatoes, however there are some modifications and perkedel also can be made of tofu and so on.

Ingridients:

1. 1. 1 kgs of potatoes, cut into 4 or for size, deep friend and mashed
2. 1/4 kgs of ground beef (or you can use canned beef which already cooked and ready to use)
3. Fresh ground pepper to taste
4. Salt to taste
5. 1/4 cup of parsley leaves, chopped (or use the flake parsley if the parsley leaves not available)
6. 1 lg Egg
7. 1 lg Egg (use the white part) to cover perkedel before deep frying
8. 2 cloves of shallots
   
9. 2 cloves of garlic
10. 2 tb of vegetable oil, plus more for deep frying

How to make :

1. Preheat the wok, add 2 tbs of vegetable oil, and add the ground beef, cook the beef until the colour turn to brown (until it cooked), put aside;
   
2. Ground the shallot and garlic, put aside;
3. Mix the mashed potatoes, ground beef, the mixed shallots and garlic, parsley leaves and egg;
4. Form the mixed of mashed potatoes into 10-15 balls and flatten into cakes to 1 inch thick, then set on a tray;
   
5. Prepare the wok, pour the vegetable oil for a deep fried of the perkedel;
   
6. Beat the egg, use the white part to cover each perkedel before frying;
7. Fry the perkedel, turning occasionally until golden brown;
8. Use the paper towel to drain the remaining oil, perkedel is ready to serve.

Notes:
If the perkedel is not for immediate served, cover the perkedel with plastic and put the perkedel in refrigerator ( 3 to 4 days for the longest)

(Indonesian) Fried egg noodles

Ingridients

1. 350 gr Medium Egg noodles
2. 100 gr diced chicken fillet
3. 50 gr fresh shrimps (cooked shrimp if you like)
4. 1 large egg
5. 1 medium onion, diced
6. 2 cloves garlic, crushed
7. 1 carrot, shredded
8. 1 green onion, diagonally diced
9. 1/8 of cabbage, diced
10. 2 stalk of bok choy (caisim)
11. 1 small bowl of beansprout
12. 3 to 5 tbs of sweet soy sauce (or to your taste)
13. 1 tsp fish sauce
14. 3 tbs vegetable oil
15. Pepper and salt to tast

How to make:

1. Boil the noodles, using the instructions on the packet. Rinse and set aside;
2. Heat your wok and add the vegetable oil. Stir-fry garlic for and the diced onion1 minute;
3. Beat the egg and scrambled, add the shrimp and cook a while until the color of the shrimp turn to red. Add the chicken stir until it cooked;
4. Add the carrot, stirr for a while, add the other vegetables and cook for few seconds, add the salt and paper;
5. Add the noodles, add the fish sauce and sweet soy sauce, mix them together for about 3 or 4 minutes until it cooked and the color turn to brown nicely;
6. Finally, add the green onion and beansprout;
7. The Fried noodles ready to serve.

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