Recipe: Appetizing Yam ball

Yam ball. Using a tablespoon, scoop a little of the mixture at a time and mould into balls. Heat a little oil in a large frying pan, roll the yam balls in the seasoned flour and fry for a few minutes until golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper and keep them warm while cooking the rest of the mixture.

When the oil is hot, coat each yam ball with the beaten egg before throwing into the hot oil. Put as many balls as you can without overcrowding. Yam ball is another homemade and street snacks loved by Nigerians, it is also very popular in Ghana and other parts of Africa too. You can cook Yam ball using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Yam ball

1. It's of Yam.
2. It's of Tomatoes.
3. It's of Peppers.
4. You need of Onion.
5. You need of Ginger.
6. You need of Garlic.
7. Prepare cubes of Seasoning.
8. Prepare to taste of Salt.
9. Prepare of Oil for frying and for sauce.
10. It's of My special spices.
11. You need of Thyme.
12. You need of Curry.
13. It's of Eggs.
14. It's of Breadcrumbs (optional).
15. It's of Minced meat.

It is delicious and makes perfect snacks for any time of the day. Fluffy mashed yam moulded into balls with other deliciousness and covered in breadcrumbs before deep-fried until golden and crunchy on the outside. Ever since our Taiwan trip last November, I've been thinking about those tasty yam and taro balls from Jiufen. They were bouncy, chewy, and full of yam and taro flavour.

Yam ball instructions

1. Chop tomatoes, onion, pepper, fry to make a sauce add ur seasoning cube, ginger, garlic paste nd spices, use little oil when you making the sauce, make sure the water in the sauce is almost dry,.
2. Then set aside...in a pan saute onions and garlic in little oil add the minced meat and spice up to ur taste once it's brown in colour put on heat,.
3. In a bowl mix the cooked minced meat and tomatoes sauce together...set aside,.
4. Slightly pound the yam... Then pour into sauce and meat mixture(it should nt be watery) mix together and form into Ball with hand,.
5. Dip each Ball into eggs, then breadcrumbs then fry, (where there is no breadcrumbs,you can fry after dipping into eggs)..
6. Enjoy.

You can find them here at Taiwanese restaurants such as Meet Fresh and Sweet Memory, but the texture just wasn't the same. Did you know that yam, also known as taro is a traditional Taiwanese cuisine dessert? It can be found in almost every part of Taiwan, among which, Jiufen's yam ball is said to be the most famous. Sweet potatoes are mashed with butter, brown sugar, milk and lemon zest, shaped into a ball with a marshmallow in the center, and rolled in cereal crumbs before baking. Bake the potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them.