WHB is at Morsels & Musings this week, and I'm giving cilantro, also known as coriander leaves, the limelight. Name variations for cilantro include dhania (in the Indian subcontinent, and increasingly, in Britain), Chinese parsley or Mexican parsley. Generally, I find that cilantro does not last or keep very long. After a week in the fridge, the leaves start to turn yellow and wilt. Do not wash the herb until you're ready to use it since excess moisture will turn the leaves to green/yellow slime during storage. Find more cilantro storage tips here.When you are using cilantro for garnish, it's hard to use up one lil' bunch of the leaves. This Begedil (Fried potato cutlet) recipe makes use of lotsa lotsa cilantro. So, the next time you have that bunch of cilantro in your fridge, you can fully utilize them this way.
Potato cutlet/potato patties (makes ~8 pieces)
Ingredients:
-1lb potatoes, boiled and peeled
-0.5lb ground beef (substitute with other ground meat you wish, if you don't take beef)
-8-10 stalks cilantro, cleaned and chopped
-2tbsp fried shallots
-2 eggs,
-salt and pepper to taste
-cooking oil
Method:
1. Mash up the boiled and peeled potatoes
2. Heat oil in pan at medium heat and fry the ground beef for a while
3. Mix mashed potatoes, fried beef, cilantro, fried shallots together (except the eggs), till evenly mixed
4.Shape into a ball
5. Separately beat the eggs.
6. Heat oil in a pan on medium-high, and dip the begedil(potato cakes) individually in the beaten eggs and drop into the hot oil (can fry 3-4 at a time, depending on size of pan)
Begedil. Begedelicious!
Tag: begedil, indonesian, potato patties, meat patties, weekend herb blogging
Hmm this looks positively good...I think i am gonna try it real soon as I have cilantro still :)
ReplyDeletethe expedited writer, try it before the cilantro turns yellow and weak.:D
ReplyDeletehmmm, comfort food look delicious.
ReplyDeleteMeat and potatoes...what a beautiful union! (oh, and the green stuff looks pretty good too):) yummy.
ReplyDeleteOh my! This will go well with some Maggie Chilli sauce. :-) Then snooze fest.
ReplyDeleteI can't eat starch anymore. If I eat a pasta or potatoes, I get sleepy VERY QUICKLY.
aiyo, I can take in 5 possibily 7 at one time, those potato burger patties are really good, hm..might want some of those thai sweet chili sauce yumss ! :)
ReplyDeleteWaaahhhh tigerfish, I'm back!!!!
ReplyDelete*Hugs*
I miss you and your delicious food pics!!!!!
yum yum..... I'm going to buy begedils tomorrow.
koeiru, is that your comfort food?
ReplyDeletemushroommeadows, it's easy to make , and the green stuff is good in the meat and potatoes :)
ming merciless, i did not eat them in chilli sauce :O ...huh? no starch? you are potential for Atkins diet ya? What do you eat usually then? *curious*
ReplyDeletemelting wok, you also want chilli sauce? Hmmm...looks like this is THE condiment. But these are sometimes eaten with curries?
ReplyDeleteECL, you are back!!! Missed your blog action leh! Maybe I shd ask you-begedil is indonesian right ? Where you goin to buy from? *kay poh*
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Gerl, you know what is missing? A giant bowl of mee soto!!! :) Like my sayur lodeh, I have another ice-cream-tubful of precious soto ayam in my freezer, can't bear to eat it 'cos then I'll have to make some again! I've always been too lazy to make the begedel, but ever since last week, when I discovered I could cook potatoes by microwaving them, I think this will soon appear with my mee soto!! Mwahahaha (evil laughter)!! :)
ReplyDeleteTiga, I am home but got sick again...everytime I go China and come back sure sick...100% never miss. Sigh. :(
ReplyDeleteHeyya tigerfish,
ReplyDeletehappened to bloghop and came to your site. A nice blog you have!
So efficient to have post every single procedures! Look through some of your archives and what can i say? "WOW!"
Gonna link you up!!
Shilpa, izit ? Begedil supposed to eat with mee soto? Sounds good to me! Aiyo, you sure know how to keep food leh! How long the mee soto in your freezer liow ? Finish them up lah, then make new batch again...
ReplyDeleteRM, how come got sick again? Aiyo, where you catch the "virus" from ? China arh ? Hmmm...Beijing air too polluted lah or "virus" lingering in the air due to their bad habit (of spitting)? So, it's telling you...next time no go China. Go to S'pore instead as your stopover :p
ReplyDeleteYou better better take care k?Rest rest and hope to see your 14-course soon :D
Zhengning, thks for coming. I'm goin to hop to yours after I'm done with these comments ;p
ReplyDeleteHmmm. I don't think I've tried begedil in my mee soto before, but that's an idea. Cilantro in begedil certainly adds a nice refreshing taste to the dish. Yum!
ReplyDeleteTiger, haha, don't make me laugh, can? My freezer very deep what, can store a lot of things one! :) You don't puke, ah, but I think that tub of soto may have been frozen since October! But won't turn bad unless my freezer breaks down!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, no lah, not everyone serves soto with begedel, but last time I used to go to Newton Circus quite often, and my favourite stall there does it like that. Shiok man.
These little things certainly look like a good and convenient snack !
ReplyDeletebet v can't find them commercially in KL.
omg, that looks delicious! i love your blog - so many things are inspiring me :)
ReplyDeletelooks good! i love potatoes. :D
ReplyDeletelyrical lemongrass, how/what have you eaten your begedil with ? I've eaten them with rice, always.
ReplyDeleteOh shilpa, my freezer very small, so tt's why I never thought of storing food for sooo long ;p I only "keep"/"hide" my snacks (coz I'm afraid of running out of stock when I want to munch on something). I'm called a "chipmunk" sometimes because of that...but now I think can award this title to you liow! LOL!
ReplyDeleteteam bsg, maybe can only find them in street/hawker stalls? But once in a while, I see them sold in rice stalls, even in upmarket eateries.
ReplyDeletearia, thanks! I get inspired very much on other foodie blogs as well :D
buddingcook, I love potato chips more than I love potatoes ;p
tigerfish, I eat begedil with nasi campur (rice), and consider it my vegetable ration as I don't normally fancy the overcooked vegetables dished out at nasi campur stalls. Lots of places here serve begedil. But frankly, none of them looks as good as your picture. Nothing like homecooked food, I say.
ReplyDeletetigerfish,
ReplyDeletebegedil is Indonesian but can buy in Singapore wat! I get mine from a Muslim food stall in Marine Parade Hawker Centre. I see many people eat with mee soto also, but I either eat it with rice or just munch on it.
I too lazy to cook la. One begedil only cost 50cents, so cheap!
Hehe.. you are taking part in WHB too eh. This is quite fun eh? I'll be participating again once I get back to the rhythm of cooking new dishes :)
ReplyDeleteLyrical lemongrass, BINGO! Look at what I've just posted ! We eat begedil the same way :)
ReplyDeleteECL, I know can buy in S'pore and somemore cheap cheap (you don't have to remind me leh!). Hmmmm...so it's really not unusual pple eat these with mee soto (me really "sua ku" hor?)
ReplyDeleteSimcooks, not bad, not bad! I'm worried my eyes become part of the computer one day :O
ReplyDeleteMeat and potatoes mashed together with cilantro and then fried?! Sign me up! ^__^
ReplyDeleteGreat combination. Never would have thought of this, but it looks just fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI´m with Kalyn, it looks fantastic and I had never thought of this combination either. Thanks for the recipe. It´s a must try, perhaps with parsely as well.
ReplyDeleteYuzu, I can exchange some with your bread sticks :P
ReplyDeletekalyn, thks! No fancy ingredients, but a tasty down-to-earth snack.
helene, I think parsley works as well! Try it, try it :D
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI am Indonesian, we don't have a dish called Begedil, do you mean Perkedel ?
If this the one that you meant then ground pork can be substitue for any kind of ground meat, or even meatless.
Corriander can also be substitue for parsley.
Good Job!: )
ReplyDeleteBegedil is BRUNEIAN.
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