I'm Awake:Let's Make Bergedel

This is my all time favourite! 

I remember my mom used to make this for special occasions because...  I can't remember why,  but she seldom make these,  so every time she made these...  They'd be gone fast.

This is one of the many ways to make bergedel. My favourite is by boiling the potatoes whole  with skin on until cooked and frying them till golden brown before mashing the potatoes with roasted ground spices...  That will leave your kitchen smell divine! Or you can peel the potatoes... 

You can vary the amount of potato to meat,  for example equal parts,  or 2 parts beef to 1 part potato,  or the other way around.  You can also use different meat like chopped shrimp or crab meat with sweet potato or chicken with  cauliflower  or mushroom with tofu and red chili and chives for a vegan version...

You can also vary the combination of spices used. It is basically meat with something else mixed with spices and fried.  It is so versatile!

So let's make potato beef Bergedel.

Ingredients :

6 small potatoes (washed,  boiled and fried till golden brown)

1 pack minced meat (about 300 grams)

2 cloves garlic (finely chopped )

3 cloves shallots (finely chopped)

3 stalks Chinese celery (finely chopped)

1 teaspoon coriander seed (roasted and blend)

1 teaspoon cumin (roasted and blend)

1 teaspoon black pepper (roasted and blend)

1 small stick cinnamon (roasted and blend)

1/2 teaspoon korma powder

1 egg

Salt to taste.

Method :

Mash boiled and fried potatoes.  Add meat. Add chopped shallots and garlic. Add ground spices. Add finely chopped Chinese celery.

You can either finely mash the potatoes or roughly break them into small pieces.  The garlic can be finely chopped or roughly diced.

You can either add egg to the mixture or dip the mixture balls  into a bowl of beaten egg.

Mix everything well and shape into balls about 1 tablespoon each. 

Deep fry until golden brown and serve with chili sauce!

Pictured below : the potato meat mixture.  I keep forgetting to snap photo of the rolled and fried bergedel...  Hehehe... I have a batch of meat mixture in my freezer and will try and snap some photos later...