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Cod Potato Cakes

I love clearing out the ingredients in my kitchen. Feels good to see the fridge getting emptier without having to throw things away.

I made cod potato cakes, or what I'd call fish begedil, early yesterday morning! Complete with breadcrumbs :) They were really yummy, but a bit too soft that some sorta broke while frying. Maybe if I let them cool in the fridge it would have been better. Or I could use fried potatoes instead of boiled like we do in begedil.

Loosely adapted from BBC Good Food.

Cod Potato Cakes (makes 12)

1 cod fillet, about 160g
4 small to medium potatoes
Milk (as usual I didn't measure)
Water (same here!)
2 bay leaves
1 lime
Salt & pepper
1 piece of already or almost expired bread, blitzed

  1. Skin and cut potatoes into cubes, boil them in water till soft.
  2. While potato is cooking, heat up equal parts water and milk in another pan for the fish. Add in the 2 bay leaves and cook the fish till tender.
  3. Strain the potatoes, then mash them. Season well with salt and pepper. I added a dash of milk to make it mash potato-ey. It tastes good but not good to roll into balls hurhur.
  4. Flake the fish and add to the potatoes, mix well.
  5. Juice the lime and add to the mix.
  6. Coat with the breadcrumbs and fry!
Really good. Maybe I can feed my little girl the same version without the breadcrumbs and frying.


Before frying. Looks really pretty!


The uglier ones. But still sedap! With breadcrumbs they taste really good, like fish fingers.

Husband likes it, but as usual he can't eat these on their own too much. Tekak melayu you know. Haha. I have another cod fillet and potatoes to use up, gonna make another batch tomorrow morning!
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