STUFFED YAM BALLS

 

This yam recipe it’s so so delicious. Wink...

Ingredients

Yam Mash

• 2 medium slices of yam
•  ½ tsp. Salt 
• 3 cups Water 
• Oil for deep frying

Filling

•  1 small Tomato 
• 2 scotch bonnets "Ata rodo" 
• 1 handful Shrimps (I used dry shrimps known as Okporo) - Optional
•  ½ small sized Onion 
• ½ tsp. garlic powder - Optional 
• ½ tsp. curry powder 
• ½ tsp. thyme or oregano 
• 1 seasoning cube 
• salt to taste 
• 2 tbsp. oil for frying

Coating the balls

• 1 raw egg 
• ½ cup flour 
• ½ tsp. powdered Black/ Cameroon/ chili pepper
  
  
   

Preparation Method 

Step 1

Peel the brown skin off the sliced yam and rinse with clean water. Place in a small pot, add some salt and Cook for about 20-25mins till soft (you can check this by in inserting a fork within. If it goes in easily, then it’s done.

Step 2

Cut the boiled yam slices into smaller pieces with a fork. Place in a blender and blend till smooth and stretchy using the blender/food processor method or place in a clean mortar and pound till you get a smooth stretchy dough using the traditional method

Step 3

Chop the Tomato, Scotch bonnets and onion. Grease a small pan with two tbsp. oil and heat on medium. Add the chopped veggies, stir fry for two minutes. Add the garlic powder , curry powder, thyme or Oregano, Crushed seasoning cube, Shrimp, Salt to taste - stir fry for 5 mins. Turn off the burner and leave to cool.

Step 4

Scoop a tablespoon of the yam dough, Flatten the dough and add a little filling making sure you don't overfill to prevent the balls from bursting open during frying. Seal and roll into a ball. Repeat the process till all the yam dough and filling is used up.

Step 5

For this step, you'd need two separate small bowls. In bowl 1, place the flour and pepper and mix. In bowl 2, Crack the egg into it and whisk. Place the yam ball into the bowl with the whisked egg and coat evenly. Transfer the egg coated yam ball into the flour and coat evenly also. Set this aside and repeat for the rest of the batch.

Step 6

Heat up the oil in a frying pan till hot. Drop the yam balls into the oil and fry till golden brown. remove from the oil and drain on a paper towel.

Step 7 

Serve warm. Stuffed yam balls can be eaten with peppered stew/ sauce, Ketchup, Smoked fish stir-fry.