Recipe: Appetizing 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). On a pastry board sprinkled with flour, form yam mixture into balls. You can have Yam Balls using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Yam Balls

1. It's of Yam.
2. You need of Egg.
3. It's of Maggi.
4. It's of Salt.
5. You need of Spices.
6. You need of Onions.
7. Prepare of Scotch bonnet.
8. It's of Sardine.

Taro and yam balls weren't the only food item I've grown fond of from our Taiwan trip last fall. 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

1. Cook your yam until it softens.
2. In a bowl smash the yam add your sardine,spices,maggi and stir throughly.
3. In a bowl add your egg and dip in your yam into it.
4. Add your oil in a frying pan and fry on a low heat.

Stir in the brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, toss the coconut with the sugar and cinnamon. Yam ball is another homemade and street snacks loved by Nigerians, it is also very popular in Ghana and other parts of Africa too. 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.