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).
Yam ball is another homemade and street snacks loved by Nigerians, it is also very popular in Ghana and other parts of Africa too.
You can cook Yam balls using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Yam balls
- You need of Yam.
- Prepare of Meat/fish (minced).
- Prepare of Oil.
- Prepare of Salt.
- Prepare of Maggi.
- You need of Pepper.
- You need of Attaruhu+onions (grinded).
- You need of Eggs.
- You need of Bread crumbs.
It is delicious and makes perfect snacks for any time of the day. Roll each ball in the pecan mixture and place on cookie sheet. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Drain and mash with butter, sugar, milk, salt and lemon zest.
Yam balls step by step
- Cook the yam with some salt and a pint of sugar. Strain the yam when it is soft, cool and smash. Add the meat /fish.
- In a pan, add 2tpns of oil, diced onions and the attaruhu and saute for 3mins. Add salt, pepper and maggi to taste..
- Pour in the paste into the yam. Mix and roll into balls..
- Beat the eggs in a bowl with a pinch of salt. Heat some oil in a pan.
- Coat the balls with the bread crumbs and then the eggs and fry in the oil for 5mins..
Shape mixture into balls, with a marshmallow in the center of each. 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. Bake the potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them. Stir in the brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg.
