Smooth outside with a little chewy texture. And... Boooom, the brown sugar filling melts in your mouth when you bite these balls in your mouth.
Being creative is a must. Or, a lot of food will just go to waste. As I get older, the people around me also rely on me more often for food. 😅 Maybe because they know, I can rely on my hands for this. So, their wishes will be fulfilled.
Plus, I'd love to make a lot of things. Even though in the end I wasn't the one who ate my cooking.
This time, I have 3 kilograms of sweet potatoes in orange colors. So, I'm thinking about a snacks menu that I can make with these sweet potato ingredients.
I bought these sweet potatoes from my aunt who came to my house a few days ago. My aunt offered me these fresh sweet potatoes from her garden. So I bought these sweet potatoes. The price is only IDR 10 K / $0.7. Pretty cheap!
Then, it occurred to me to make fried sweet potato balls. I have brown sugar stocks too. So, it will be a great option especially as my family members love these snacks.
In fact, when my mother was still alive, my mother often made this menu. I even remember looking for sweet potatoes in a big field and then I would give the results to my mother to make this sweet snack.
Well, I didn't even think that time would pass so quickly and all we would have were memories. No more than that.
So, back to the topic. Let's make sweet potato balls with brown sugar filling. 😊😊😊
THE INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups of sweet potato cubes or 3 small of sweet potatoes
- 1 cup of glutinous rice flour
- 100 grams of brown sugar, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1
Prepare a bowl of water to soak sweet potatoes later. Peel sweet potatoes with a potato peeler for the easier way. Then, cut all the sweet potatoes into pieces to make them easier to make mashed sweet potatoes later.
STEP 2
Prepare a steamer. Then, steam the sweet potatoes for 10 minutes.
STEP 3
Prepare a big bowl. Then, add steamed sweet potatoes. Mash with a fork.
STEP 4
After getting mashed sweet potatoes, then add all glutinous rice flour with salt. Knead the mixture until the dough becomes smooth and can be shaped.
Use a spatula to mix all the ingredients first. Because the mashed sweet potatoes were still hot.
Well, it's normal if at the beginning you feel like the dough will have more flour. But you have to be patient. Then slowly until everything is mixed evenly then the dough will be good enough to form into balls without breaking the texture.
STEP 5
Prepare brown sugar, chopped brown sugar. For an easier way, I formed the brown sugar into small balls so it would be easier for me to make the filling into sweet potato balls.
STEP 6
I use a tablespoon measure to scoop the dough which I will shape into balls.
First, flatten the dough. Don't roll it out thin. Just flatten it a little and let it remain a thick dough to hold the filling so it doesn't leak out when fried later.
Then, add a filling. Then, cover the dough. Pinch the dough to cover the dough then gently round it again.
STEP 7
Heat cooking oil on medium heat. Then, add balls. Fry until they turn dark in color. Or, see if they have floated on the surface of the oil.
We need to flip these sweet potatoes so they can be cooked perfectly if using medium oil. That will make those balls cook evenly. Lift, then drain.
SERVING
Serve the sweet potato balls while warm to get a slightly chewy texture. When it cools, the texture will become softer because here I use gluten free flour: glutinous rice flour or sticky rice flour. So, the texture of the balls will not become hard.
In another version, you will see the sweet potato balls being rolled in sesame seeds before frying. But I chose to skip these ingredients.
Well, besides serving with frying method, we can also steam these sweet potato balls. But for steamed sweet potato balls, usually I will use additional grated coconut as a topping.
Also, we can replace brown sugar filling with peanut, or peanut butter, or even chocolate. ❤️
I really like it when a ball bursts in my mouth and the brown sugar filling explodes and then melts in my mouth. A super fun sensation 😊😋😋😋
So, happy being creative in the kitchen ❤️ and see you on my cooking stories, Foodies ☕☕☕
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Anggrek Lestari
Anggrek Lestari is an Indonesian fiction writer who has published two major books. Now She is a full-time content creator. She has a goal to share life, poem, and food content that makes others happy and can get inspiration.
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