Fish cakes

[valoise]

I bookmarked the pamphlet Hawaiian Fish and How to Cook Them a while ago but never cooked anything from it until this week. There are two recipes for fish cakes made with potatoes, one baked and one fried.
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt
My adapted recipe pulls elements from both of these recipes. Because I have a family member with a severe gluten intolerance I wanted to avoid using flour, as called for in the fried version. The recipe for baked fish cakes calls for a beaten egg and this works really well to bind the patties together. But I wanted the kind of crispy outside you can't really get from baking, so I fried them.

My version - Fish Cakes
2 cups potato, cooked and riced or mashed
1 cup fish, cooked and flaked [I had tilapia handy, but I want to try this with salmon]
1 tablespoon melted butter, bacon dripping, or other fat
1 egg, well beaten
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
Salt and pepper to taste
    Mix all the ingredients together well. Shape into six patties. Heat oil in a large skillet and when hot fry the patties until golden on each side.