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This recipe is an Indonesian street food
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delicacy which is called a crocodile
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daing and it's part of the hashtag
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Indonesian food collab. So check out
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that hashtag for all delicious
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Indonesian food. These Indonesian style
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meat and potato crockett are my new
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favorite snack and it's absolutely
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If you've been following my recipes for
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a couple of weeks, then you've noticed
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that I love doing things with potatoes
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and meat. And when potatoes and meat
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come together, magic is created just
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like this Indonesian street food classic
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dashing. And I'm so excited to get these
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together. See, there's an Indian version
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of this dish, a crockett, which is made
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with potatoes and sliced bread called
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aloo cutlet. I think the recipe is on my
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website. I'll link it down below. But
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this with meat, it's going to be good.
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Now, we'll be kind of deep frying these
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potatoes because when we cook it like
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that, it's going to ensure that it has
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the least amount of moisture.
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Technically, you could also try to steam
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The oil's hot. Add the potatoes in
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and cook about 4 to 5 minutes or until
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Try to be careful not to overcrowd that
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Now, while that's going on, my cast iron
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is nice and hot. Time to cook the meat.
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So this over here is a mix of pork and
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beef. You want to break this up into
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And as that starts to brown, add in your
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onions, your shallots, the garlic, salt,
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and the white pepper. Just cook this all
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out until the meat is nicely brown and
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the onions and all these veggies have
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been cooked up. Now, I'm using a mix of
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pork and beef, but you can use just
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beef. I've also seen variations of this
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dish made with tofu to turn this into a
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vegan version. In the meanwhile, our
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first batch of potatoes are ready to go.
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Go ahead and finish cooking the next
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batch. And we're almost done with the
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prep part. I'm going to turn off the gas
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for the meat here and then finish it off
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with some freshly grated nutmeg. simple,
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delicious mixture of meat. And as that
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got ready, so did our last batch of
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potatoes. Looking perfect. Now, make
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sure you've patted them dry as much as
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you can and then add them all to a bowl.
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Now, just grab a masher and just work
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away. Get it as mashed as you can. See,
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you're not going to get much of the
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moisture that you get when you boil the
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potatoes. It's a much drier mix which
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will help to keep the crocodiles,
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the meat crockett together as they fry.
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Just the smell of the potatoes that were
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kind of fried is already adding so much
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flavor to this mix. And it's just
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potatoes right now. You can also try to
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steam the potatoes instead instead of
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boiling it or frying it. you will save
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on the calories and steaming it actually
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helps to make sure that there's not that
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much moisture in the potatoes compared
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to boiling. The Instant Pot actually
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works great to get this exact texture.
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Now, once your beef mixture is done, add
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that right in to that potato mixture
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And just to help bind everything, add
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And then give it all a really, really
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This mixture right here looks super
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enticing. Taste it and adjust for salt.
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And technically now you can take this
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mixture, let it cool down for a couple
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of minutes, and then form it into
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patties, dip it in the egg, dip it in
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tapioca start, and start frying. What's
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going to work even better is if you let
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it cool down completely
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for a couple of hours. The potatoes will
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be much less likely to break apart then.
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That's exactly what I'm going to be
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doing. So, while it's going to be a
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couple hours for me, I'll be right back.
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So once you've let it cool down, it's
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just a matter of taking this mix and
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turning them into these cutlets, which
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are roughly going to be about 2 cm in
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thickness. And then once you have
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everything kind of bowled up, then it's
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a process of getting each piece,
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adding it in the egg, just coating it
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very lightly, letting the excess drip as
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you then add it to the tapioca starch.
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Make sure it's not a thick coating.
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Should be a thin coating. The egg kind
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of helps with that. And the egg is
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actually the traditional way of coating
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these polka dots. So just fry it. Make
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sure the oil is not smoking too hot.
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Make sure you give these crocodiles,
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these crockett a turn once the first
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side is getting nice golden brown kind
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of like this. And then cook the other
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side as well. A good way to serve these
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crocodel da is with a mayo that's made
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with sambal ole. Or you can even put
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this between some buns almost like
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having an Indian style bar. But in this
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case, the patty is made with potato,
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meat, and tapioca flour. This is exactly
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why I love stepping outside of my
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comfort zone and try new things. But if
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you want another dish that's exotic like
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this Indonesian style percodel tajine,
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then check out my South African style
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vet cooks. That's definitely going to
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blow your mind because that's another
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great combination of potatoes with bread
