Sweet Potato Fritters. Delicious Fritters as Dessert or an Accompaniment to the Main Course.
Author: Whats4Chow
Recipe type: Vegetable / Potato
Cuisine: Central African
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Serves: 6
Sweet potato fritters are very popular in both Malawi and Zambia. It is quick and easy and will do any feast justice. Sweet potato fritters can serve both as a delicious dessert, served with syrup and lemon, or plain as an accompaniment to your main course.
Ingredients
- ½ Kg Sweet potatoes
- ½ Cup Milk
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tsp Ground cinnamon
- ⅜ Cup Brown sugar
- ⅞ Cup All-purpose flour
Instructions
- cut the sweet potato into small blocks and place it in a pot with the milk.
- Place the lid on the pot and cook this over medium heat for 15 minutes until the potato is very soft, and almost all of the milk has been absorbed.
- Remove the pot from the heat and mash the sweet potato until smooth.
- Add the salt, cinnamon, brown sugar and flour. Using a wooden paddle, mix this until everything is well combined and you have a soft sticky dough.
- Fill your pan with oil to a depth of 1 inch or 25mm and heat this to 180c or 350f.
- Scoop up single tablespoons of the dough and carefully drop them into the oil. Fry the fritters for 2 and a half minutes per side until crisp and golden. Repeat this until all of the batter is used.
- Drain any excess oil on kitchen paper before serving.
