BERGEDEL (Spicy Fried Potato Patties)

Ingredients:
1/2 kg potatoes
1/2 cup minced meat
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
1 clove garlic
1-cm ginger
2 stalks spring onions - sliced
2 eggs

Method:

1. Pound ginger and garlic, mix with minced meat.
2. In a wok, fry the above till meat is cooked.
3. Remove meat and leave it aside.
4. Peel and slice potatoes. Fry potatoes until golden brown.
5. Mash fried potatoes.
6. Mix mashed potatoes, cooked minced meat, sliced spring onions and add pepper and salt. Mix thoroughly.
7. Pinch a bit of the mixture and make it into a flat round piece (about 2 inches in diameter). Repeat process till all the mixture is used up.
8. Beat eggs in a bowl. (Do not overbeat the eggs.)
9. Heat wok with oil.
10. For every potato round, cover with beaten egg and drop it in the hot oil.
11. Turn once when brown.
12. Remove from heat, drain excess oil, and serve while hot.