Yam balls. 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.
Paprika is sweet peppers that are common outside Nigeria, in Nigeria use tatashe. Here is the recipe to make three flavours of these chewy balls, using purple yam, yam and taro. All three flavours follow the same instructions but the measurement of ingredients varies because of the water content of the root vegetables. You can have Yam balls using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Yam balls
- Prepare of yam (cooked).
- It's of Egg.
- It's of onion.
- You need of Scotch bonnet.
- You need of Seasoning and spices.
- It's of Flour.
- You need of Oil.
- It's of Miced meat.
- Prepare of Carrot&green bell pepper.
- It's of Flour.
In fact, we found that you don't need to add water to the yam one, but more tapioca flour is needed. Drain and mash with butter, sugar, milk, salt and lemon zest. Shape mixture into balls, with a marshmallow in the center of each. Bake the potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them.
Yam balls step by step
- First u will boil ur yam after it has cooked then use your mortal and crush it(watau ki daka).
- Then u cut ur onion and scotch bonnet then heat ur pan with oil and fry it not dat deep frying fah.
- Then pour in ur fry mixture in d crush yam and add maggi and spices then stir add 1tsp of butter and mix together.
- For your miced meat fry it and add carrot and green bell pepper and fry.
- Then wash your hand and cut small portion of the yam and put it in your hand and flat it then add your mixed meat filling in it and close it gently.
- After that then put your yam ball in your flour then bring it out and put it in your egg then if u have cornflakes or golden mold u can put it but I did nt have cornflakes I use flour only after that then fry it enjoy.
Stir in the brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, toss the coconut with the sugar and cinnamon. Mold a spoonful of the sweet potatoes around each marshmallow; roll in cornflake crumbs. In a saucepan, bring brown sugar, butter and milk to a boil; pour over the balls. Bring a pot of water to a boiling, and then gently lower the balls in.