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@DaddyEvil I would totally eat that with rice, but I know how you feel about rice .

Pretty and I just heated some of these up, sprinkled cheese on them and went to town! YUM!

@much2say Reminded me of korokke too!

It's a hamburger, veggies, spices and potato mixture that is fried after dipping it in egg yolk. It's a bit messy to make but tastes really good!

@DaddyEvil it looks good. I thought I saw icing on part of it. That's why I asked.

@akalinus Oh. I had wondered.

We both liked the patties cooked in olive oil better than the ones cooked with egg yolk. I had put the leftover patties into a storage bowl and into the fridge... I went to get one a little while ago and found the empty bowl in the sink, waiting for me to wash it.

@DaddyEvil aha! ya tell ms. pretty that if'n she's gonna cabbage 'nto the last, she's gotta clean'p 'fter.

@crazyhorseladycx I wish! She will put away the clean dishes but won't wash them herself!

I added a bunch of the veggies I dried this past summer to it. Perkedel is supposed to be hamburger, spices and potatoes fried with egg yolk.

@Fleura If you come over Pretty is frying more of them right now. She is leaving out the egg yolk and frying them in olive oil. They taste even better that way!

@DaddyEvil Sounds good to me either way!

This is the plate of them that I made. After I finished frying them Pretty came in, tasted one and then told me to make some more patties. She fried them without the egg yolk but added olive oil to the pan to fry them in. Here are the ones she fried.

@just4him I have to admit, hers tasted better than mine do.

@DaddyEvil That looks good too.

It was good, yes. But it was time consuming and messy to make. There is a dish I make here called Shepherd's Pie that uses almost the same ingredients but is much easier to make. No patties and no frying. Everything is layered in a baking dish and baked. Do you get meat in your perkedel?

@Babale Thank you. I was wondering about that. The recipes I found online all contained beef.

@DaddyEvil As far as I know perkedel are not filled with meat, but sometimes some people add a little vegetable in it.

My daughter tried mine and then made some more but left out the egg yolk and fried hers in olive oil. It tasted good, too.

No, I haven't, maybe one day I'll check the ingredients and try to make one @DaddyEvil

@rebelann I think it's worth the trouble.

I finely chopped green onions, red onions, grated carrots and celery into the pan while the hamburger was cooking. Then I made mashed potatoes and mixed the two together. I shaped patties in my hand, dipped them in egg yolk and dry fried them in a hot pan. They tasted pretty good. Pretty tried them then had me make some more patties but she fried them in a bit of olive oil. We both liked those much better. Have you ever eaten Shepherd's pie? They taste like that but without the cheese.

@DaddyEvil Indonesian people usually prepare the vegetarian version. Also in France they make the meat version that there is called fricandeaux, it always contains beef.

@LadyDuck That's interesting... Do you know if a lot of Indonesians are vegetarians or if they just don't like the version containing meat?

Thank you. I was wondering about that. Some of the Indonesian people seem surprised I added hamburger to my patties.

Have you ever made anything like this?

@DaddyEvil not yet.

@Hannihar Yes, Pretty and I love Shepherd's Pie. I make it roughly once a month.

Pretty and I both liked it but it was messy to make. It tastes almost the same as Shepherd's Pie. Since that is simpler and quicker to make, I probably won't make perkedel again.

@DaddyEvil I might have had it once but cannot remember. Sorry it was a mess to make. I can understand why you would not make it again. Have you had Sheperd's pie?

Thanks... and I never thought of that. I may try it and see how it tastes.

@samysotelo18 Hmmm... I have no clue what kind of sauce I'd need for a mostly potato burger... any suggestions?

@DaddyEvil I hope it tastes good, with some veggies and a nice sauce

Yes, we enjoyed it. If you're a vegetarian, there are vegetarian versions of the recipe online.

@Sam_graphixer Most of my Indian friends here are vegetarians.

@DaddyEvil i am non vegetarian ... but i see there are variations as well

I added two types of onions, shredded carrots, finely chopped celery, pepper, salt, garlic and cumin. I believe that is enough seasonings.

@UriahAnne The only thing I've ever eaten that included ginger was ginger cookies. I didn't like them.

@DaddyEvil great don't forget little bit ginger the taste will be different from the first one if you add ginger

@DaddyEvil Maybe my mom only mix it with spring onions, but she doesn't make perkedel anymore after gallstone surgery 5 years ago.

I didn't replace the potatoes with meat. I mixed cooked meat in with the potatoes and spices.

@May2k8 Someone else told me that Indonesians usually don't put meat in perkedels. Do you know why?

Probably not. It tastes almost exactly like Shepherd's pie to me and that is much easier to make.

@sol_cee Yes, I did.

@DaddyEvil did you make that one?

@JudyEv Or just don't make them again. They taste just like Shepherd's Pie and it is much easier and faster to make.

Thanks! I have now learned that I can't put leftovers of them in the fridge, expecting to have some later. I went to get another one a short while ago and found the empty bowl in the sink, waiting for me to wash it.

@DaddyEvil Haha - that'll learn you! Eat them all when you make them - or miss out!!

Thank you. My daughter and I enjoyed it.

@DaddyEvil that is good for both of you

Pretty and I have tried them both ways now. We prefer them with meat. They are good without it but just not as good.

@DaddyEvil Yeah. Yours with the meat sound much tastier.

My daughter and I liked it, too.

@DaddyEvil yes this food from Indonesian