Sweet corn with Minced beef potato cakes

I love thai food very much, like spring rolls, green curry chicken, satay sticks, pat Thai and so on.  They are all yummy dishes.  Last month, my daughter and I went to Bangkok for a three-day short break.  The weather was very lovely.  We went shopping, enjoyed the tasty dishes and had great and relaxed spa and massage.  We chose a buy-one-get-one free package on the first day, we could personalize our spa experience, such as choosing the aroma and facial scrub we like, room temperature, etc.  Then we tried the four-hand massage on the second day.  After the massage, we were taken back to the reception and seated at the table for our afternoon tea.  We enjoyed it very much. 

I really miss Thailand a lot.  Even I share my lovely experience with my friend this morning.  She said she likes going there with me in the near future.  Hope we can have time to be together at Thailand soon! The dish I prepared is served with Thai sweet chili sauce.  Yum! Yum!

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Serve: 3 (Total: 8 pieces)

Ingredients:
- 250g baking potato (boiled and mashed)

- 130g minced beef

- 60g sweet corn

- 60g onion (finely chopped)

- 1 shallot (finely chopped)

- 30g bread crumbs

- 1 egg                                                                   

- ½ tsp dried parsley

- 1 tsp table salt

- 7 tbsp plain flour

- a pinch of ground black pepper

- thai sweet chili sauce

Seasoning:

- 2 tsp light soy sauce

- ½ tsp oil

- ½ tsp sugar

- 1 tsp garlic powder

- 1 tsp water    

- ½ tsp corn flour

- a pinch of ground black pepper

Method:

1.	Season the minced beef with soy sauce, oil, sugar, water, corn flour, garlic powder and ground black pepper.
2.	Add water in a saucepan and boil the potato for about 15 minutes until tender.  Drain well and mash the potato. Season the mashed potato with salt, ground black pepper and parsley and then set aside.
3.	In a large mixing bowl, mix the mashed potato mixture, minced beef, onion, shallot, sweet corn and 4 tbsp plain flour well.
4.	Preheat the oven to 180°c.  In a small mixing bowl, whisk an egg. Place 3 tbsp plain flour in a small plate.
5.	Pat some flour on both hands.  Shape the mixtures into 8 patties.  For each patty, coat with plain flour, egg and bread crumbs carefully all over.
6.	Place the patties on a baking tray with a non-grease baking paper.  Bake the patties at 180°c for 30 minutes until golden brown.
7.	Serve with thai sweet chili sauce.