Sweet Potato Patties – mildly spiced and slightly sweet patties with crispy outer and soft melt-in-mouth texture inside is an oh-so-delicious and kid-friendly healthy dish made with mashed sweet potato, peanuts and few spices. Vegan patties make a great dish to pack in a kid's lunch box or as a burger patty.
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Check the tips and tricks, notes for extra info and help.
In a deep bottomed bowl, add boiled sweet potato cubes, garlic, oregano and mash with a potato masher until sweet potato turns soft. Do not worry if there are a few bits left.
Now add plain/all-purpose flour, salt, pepper, crushed peanuts, cumin, coriander and combine until all the ingredients come together to form a dough.
½ Teaspoon Ground Cumin, 42 gms (or0 ½ cup Crushed Peanuts, Handful Coriander, Salt, ¼ Cup + 3 Tablespoon Plain Flour/All Purpose Flour, Black Pepper Powder
Grease your hands with oil and scoop out the dough from a 1/4 cup. Shape it into round patties and place on a tray. Repeat the process with the rest of the dough.
Keep the tray of patties in the fridge for an hour to help hold them the shape and to prevent them from falling apart while frying.
After one hour take out the tray and keep it aside to fry.
Heat oil in a shallow pan over medium-low flame to fry patties.
Oil
In a small bowl, mix 1 tbsp flour with water to make a slurry. Ensure the slurry is lumpfree.
¼ Cup Water, 1 Tablespoon Plain flour/All purpose flour
Now dip and coat both sides of each patty in flour slurry and then roll in breadcrumbs until well coated. Ensure to roll both sides and on edges
⅓ Cup Bread Crumbs
Once the oil is hot, drop patties in batches and fry for 3-4 minutes until golden brown. Flip and fry another side for a further 3-4 minutes and then take out patties from the pan and drain over a kitchen towel to remove excess oil.
Repeat the process for the rest of the patties.
Serve hot and delicious patties with any dip of your choice and watch how your kid would devour them!
Notes
Skip pepper and cumin if you are making it for toddlers.For a nut-free option, skip peanuts.For a gluten-free option, use almond flour/meal instead of breadcrumbs and chickpea flour instead of plain flour.Adjust seasoning to your taste.The total number of patties you get depends on the size you make.** Nutritional information provided here is estimated and for guidance only.Please refer myRecipe Disclaimerfor more details.