Recipe: Yummy Stuffed yam balls

Stuffed yam balls. Lots of Stuffed balls to Choose From. 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.

This is stuffed with minced meat which will surely make it extra yummy for the kids. This will make a good handy breakfast with pap or custard and as well a lunchbox meal for school kids. Meat Stuffed Potato Balls (stuffed yam balls) Stuffed Potato (yam) Ball (s) is a Latin American snack that has made it's way to the Nigerian kitchen. You can have Stuffed yam balls using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Stuffed yam balls

1. Prepare 1 of medium yam.
2. You need 6 of eggs.
3. Prepare 3 of maggi cubes.
4. You need 1 of tspn salt.
5. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of sugar.
6. It's 5 of medium Scotch bonnets.
7. It's 3 of Medium onion.
8. You need of Oil for frying.
9. You need 1 of tspn curry powder.
10. You need 1 of tspn mix spices.
11. Prepare of Minced meat or dambu.

It is a deep fried ball, made with mashed Irish potato and filled with spiced minced meat and veggies. You either hate them or love them. One food staple we don't lack here in Nigeria is definitely yam tubers. I mean, you could find yams being sold in every nook and cranny of the country and at very affordable prices too.

Stuffed yam balls step by step

1. Peel and wash yam, cut it into pieces, add water,sugar, salt and boil it..
   
2. In pan add 2tbsp oil, grate onion and Scotch bonnet. Add in ur spices and curry. Fry for 5minutes.keep aside..
3. Mash ur yam and combine it with the sauce, mix it well..
4. Punch and flatten it on your hand to create a space for the filling, then add the fillings of ur choice. I used meat(dambu).
5. Make balls like this.
6. .
7. Break eggs and whisk it.
8. Add ur curry and mix spices.
9. Heat oil and start taking each yam ball by deepn it in eggs and put it in oil..
10. Fry it until golden brown.

With an abundance of yam comes an amazing array of yam recipes too here at Dobby's signature. One of such recipes is the Stuffed yam balls. Add the onion, tomatoes, thyme, chilli, spring onion, garlic, then stir in the egg and seasoning and mix well. 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.