I love fried pork balls. It's called as Bakso Goreng in Indonesian. I have been buying the balls from one of the Indonesian groceries in Caulfield known as Tante Caulfield. But... it's quite expensive, 3 pieces (slightly smaller than the diameter of 20 cents coin) for $1! That's why I have been making them a few times to get the texture and the taste like those balls just with a little more meat. But... I still buy them when I feel really want some

The balls are not the typical meat balls for pasta or Swedish meat balls which are dominated by the meat. These balls have some chewiness from the tapioca flour. I used the basic recipe from Ci Ine's Baso Goreng recipe (TFS :)) and slightly modified it. I used only pork and no seafood, but as in the original recipe, you can put any meat as you like and adjust the other ingredients accordingly.

The fried balls are handy as an appetizer for a party, as part of a meal, as a finger food, as one of the siomay bandung/batagor ingredients etc... see it's very versitile . But just don't have them too often, you know what I mean  Here is the recipe.

 

Ingredients:

350 g mince pork

190 g tapioca flour

3 cloves garlic, finely grated with microplane

3 eggs

3/4 tbsp light soy sauce

1/2 tbsp fish sauce

1/4 tsp white pepper

1/2 tsp sugar

7-9 tbsp water

1 tbsp sesame oil

oil for frying

 

Methods:

1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Adjust the thickness of the mixture as you like. Add some more flour & meat if it's too runny or add more water if it's too thick.

2. Heat oil in a pan and adjust the oil temperature to moderate heat.

3. Put some meat mixture in your palm and squeeze it out from between your thumb and index finger. The size of the balls is about 2.5 cm in diameter.

4. Scoop out the mixture with a tablespoon and put straight in the oil. If the meat sticks to the spoon, wet the spoon with water

5. Fry the for about 10 minutes until golden brown.


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rdroege wrote on Jun 13, '07
Bagi2 ya ...Gin
keluargakusnadi wrote on Jun 13, '07
Ini suka jadi andalan saya kalu lagi bingung masak apa hehehe.. Modalnya murah, cuma babi cincang (tanpa udang) + bumbu :) Kalu beli memang mahal. Di resto indo di sydney, rata2 $1/buah, pdhal kopong isinya. Mending bikin sendiri deh :)
wajanpanci wrote on Jun 13, '07
yah...telat deh. barusan tak habisin buat nasi goreng.
wajanpanci wrote on Jun 13, '07, edited on Jun 13, '07
weh? $1 per biji? koq lebih mahal lagi ya? itu mah namanya perampokan deh. padahal daging cincangnya suma $5.60-an per kilo. yg aku punya sih gak sampe kopong cuma dah lumayan kenyalnya. udah gak ndaging banget.

cuma satu sih yg bikin aku males bikin ni bakso, minyaknya itu lho. tapi emang beneran enak sih, nyomot satu... habis, nyomot lagi... heheheheh
eve11ne wrote on Jun 13, '07
besok nyoba deh... pas lagi gak ada ide nih mau masak apa... thank you yah reg!
wajanpanci wrote on Jun 13, '07
not a problem. :)
eve11ne wrote on Jun 14, '07
reg, biasanya makan nih bakso pake apa?
kemaren gue pake sambel cobek (sambel + lime + garam)
tapi lagi nyari ide laen.. :)
wajanpanci wrote on Jun 14, '07, edited on Jun 14, '07
gw biasanya makan gitu aja, gak dipakein sambel. males yg bikin sih.

dipakein kecap manis jg bisa, kecap ikan + vinegar (itu lho spt yg di resto vietnam, gw lupa namanya) atau sambel kacang encer yg spt diabang2.

bisa dibikin utk bakso kuah jg spt bakso malang, dibikin cap cay, utk pelengkap nasi goreng.
rhutami wrote on Dec 29, '07
Ini bedanya sama yang versi 2 apa Reg? Thanx ya!
wajanpanci wrote on Dec 29, '07
yg ini gak pake tepung beras dan perbandingan dgn bumbu lainnya lebih ok. soalnya yg ini lebih ngikut suhu ehhehe
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