Recipe: Perfect Yam balls

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. When using tatashe, you may want to skit the atarodo, ose oyibo or atarugu (scotch bonnet pepper). Here is the recipe to make three flavours of these chewy balls, using purple yam, yam and taro. You can cook Yam balls using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Yam balls

1. Prepare of whole yam.
2. It's of Already cooked Minced meat.
3. Prepare of large onion.
4. It's of Scotch bonnets.
5. You need of fresh red peppers.
6. Prepare of large eggs.
7. Prepare of Seasonings.
8. Prepare of salt.
9. It's of Bread crumbs.
10. You need of Oil to fry.

All three flavours follow the same instructions but the measurement of ingredients varies because of the water content of the root vegetables. 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.

Yam balls step by step

1. Peel yam, rinse, dice and in a large pot, add the diced yam, a pinch of salt and water to the level of the yam in the pot and cook until smooth and soft..
2. Rinse the veggies and grind them in a blender but it should not be a smooth paste..
3. In another pot, add the grinded scotch bonnets and onions and add 1 spoon of oil to fry. After for about 5-10 minutes, add the cooked minced meat, stir and add some seasonings to taste..
4. Mash the yam until soft(Though I prefer it not that soft) and add the minced meat mixture to it. Mix until everything is well mixed..
5. Break eggs, add a bit of seasonings to taste and keep aside. Scoop the yam mixture and roll out ball shapes, then dip it in the egg and then roll it on the bread crumbs..
6. Fry in a deep fryer until golden brown. Enjoy. OH YUM😍😋😋 #maherzkitchen❤.

Bake the potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them. 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.