Mbatata Cakes
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The Tale of Mbatata Cakes
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Mbatata cakes, fried sweet potato cakes, reflect Malawi's reliance on sweet potato as a resilient, widely grown staple crop. Simple and inexpensive to make, they're a common snack or breakfast food sold by street vendors across the country's markets.
Ingredients
Scale:· 4 servings
- 500g sweet potatoes, peeled and grated
- 100g flour
- 80g sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- Pinch of salt
- Vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- 1Grate the sweet potatoes finely and squeeze out excess moisture with a clean cloth.
- 2Mix the grated sweet potato with flour, sugar, egg, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt into a thick batter.
- 3Heat about 1cm of oil in a frying pan over medium heat.
- 4Spoon portions of the batter into the oil and flatten gently into small cakes.
- 5Fry for 3-4 minutes per side until golden brown and cooked through.
- 6Drain on paper towels.
- 7Serve warm as a snack or side dish.
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