Since I have some sweet potato in my kitchen and decided to make a small batch of it.
I remember many years ago when I am still in my secondary school, I attended a church camp in Cameron Highlands. All of us are to choose which events/hobbies which we want to go during the 5 days trips. As usual I will choose cooking session and hence, that session teach us to make "Australian Fritters". This is sweet potato rice donuts are more or less the same only is without the sweet potato. Instead of the usual donuts/hole in the centre, we shape it into a balls and deep fried it.
SWEET POTATO RICE DONUTS
Desserts snack adapted from Beyong Kimchee
Ingredients
150gm
sweet potatoes, boiled and mashed
1 cup
glutinous rice flour
1/4 cup
all purpose flour
1/4 cup
sugar or less
½ tsp
salt
1/4 tsp baking
powder
1/2 cup
hot milk
Oil for
frying
For the sugar coating
1/4 cup
granulated sugar
½ tsp ground
cinnamon
Directions
Combine
flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
Add the
mashed sweet potato to the flour mixture and rub together until the flours
become fine crumbs. Slowly add hot milk
little by little to the mixture and mix
together with a spoon first, then using hand bring the dough together to form a
ball shape. The amount of milk depends on the moisture level of your potatoes.
It should resemble the bread dough consistency.
Make them
into 1" balls with the dough. Set aside and cover with a towel.
Heat oil
in a wok or fryer over medium low temperature. Drop a few dough balls and start
rolling with a metal utensil to brown them evenly, about 5 minutes. Make sure
your oil is not too hot. About 145ºC is ideal temperature.
Transfer
the donuts to a plate lined with paper towel to remove extra oil on the
surface. Roll them in cinnamon sugar to coat evenly all over. Serve warm or at
room temperature.
Sweet and "Q" "Q" in texture!
eh, looks like fanshudan hoh. The snack we can get at pasar kuih stalls in the morning..
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy,
DeleteYa, like like "fanshudan". But this one is more on chewy and gooey because of the glutinous rice flour in it.
Mel, your donuts look awesome. Can I ask what is '"Q Q" in texture?' Only thing missing is a cup of black coffee.
ReplyDeleteHi Veronica,
DeleteTaste delicious when it is eaten warm.
The Taiwanese like to use this word "Q" "Q" when the food texture is like chewy and gooey!
不好意思，下午茶时间迟了点。
ReplyDelete还有得吃吗？(*^__^*)
Yes, please feel free to come over for afternoon tea. Still have some left. Fast, before all finish up! Lots of laugh.....
Deletemmm... homemade fried sweet potato donuts, i like! haven't had any in ages! too chicken to buy from stores due to the recycled oil used ^^|| and can't deep-fry to save me life ^^! guess i'll just have to "imagine" enjoying some from your pics ^^ or perhaps this can be baked?
ReplyDeleteHi Hui,
ReplyDeleteI usually won't buy outside deep fried food; like what you said they used the oil again and again. You can even see the oil is in dark black color! I believe you can try to bake it too and who knows it might turn out more delicious than deep fry!
Intriguing... have not taste this before apart from kuih keria :)
ReplyDeleteLOL...just about to ask about QQ ...looks like my question has been answered above ;)
Lovely sweet potato balls, Mel...:)
Hi Lisa
DeleteHee...hee....I've been watching some Taiwanese Food Show lately and they like to use this word "Q" "Q" when the food is chewy.
Thank you for your sweet compliments!
These looks so good, Mel. The kids are so mad about sweet potatoes these days and I can't have enough recipes. These will surely be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteHello Adora
DeleteThis S.P Balls are quick and easy to make and I am sure your kids will appreciate this too!
Hi Mel
ReplyDeleteYour donuts looks nice. I am glad that you tried my recipe. Thanks for the link.
Hi Holly
DeleteI loves this donuts and so does my sister! Hope you will continue to make more dessert and snacks. :-)
My kids wil love this!!! Is this like Onde Onde?
ReplyDeleteHi Chef & Sommelier,
DeleteThis Sweet Potato balls do not have filling inside whereas the Onde Onde does and Onde Onde is boiled and not deep fried. Try it if you like deep fried and who knows you may like it.
Mel, I love to eat donuts. This one seems quite easy to make. I know what is QQ, in Hokkien we say "Khew Khew".
ReplyDeletePhong Hong,
DeleteWhen you have sweet potato in hand, why not try this for a change for snack time?
Pumpkin donuts, look very yummy!FYI, I've tried the ginger egg white pudding for the 6th time & I was so confident that I was going to succeed, but, hahaha, fail again! But don't worry I'm going to try for the 7th time & I will use long life full-cream milk next time becoz for all my previous attempts, I used fresh full-cream & my son's milk. Never give up, I hope I can bring you good news! Finger cross!
ReplyDeleteIt's sweet potato donuts and oh, we can also use pumpkin!!
DeleteJessie, actually I was looking forward to see your Ginger Milk PUdding but sad to hear that you have failed again. The milk that I have used is just fresh milk. I admire your perseverance!
This combo is new to me, normal fanshudan but coat with sugar like donut, I am sure my kids will love this snack, will try one day.
ReplyDeleteHi Sonia
DeleteI am absolutely sure your kids would loves this! If you don't like too chewy or gooey, reduce the glutinous rice and have more mashed sweet potato in.
Hi Mel, your sweet potato donuts look so good. Very well done and the color look very nice. Good to go with coffee. yum yum
ReplyDeleteHave a nice week ahead.
Hi Amelia
DeleteI think no one would say no to donuts, isn't it? You are right, this is indeed good with a cup of coffee.
Ohhhhhhhh these donuts look SUPER gooooooood! You fried them so perfectly - the color and texture and everything looks so perfect. Wow, I'm craving for these right now. I love sweet potatoes but never had anything like this before in Japan (in the US, forget it, probably won't have such a chance). Thanks for sharing. I must make these one day!
ReplyDeleteHello Nami
DeleteThis is the first time I'm making this and if I want to make this again, I think I will reduce the glutinous rice (Sweet rice) and add in more sweet potato. I prefer more softer texture than gooey and chewy types. You may try and see which is more suitable to your family taste.
oooh... I love this sweet potato rice ball very much!! thanks or sharing!
ReplyDeletei love to try this but there is no glutinous rice flour in our market.how can we make homemade glutinous rice flour? whats the procedures? i'm really dying to eat this..yummy.please help
ReplyDeleteHi Curla
DeleteIf you are unable to fine gutinous rice flour at your place, you can grind your own using lutinous rice or sweet rice; grind it till fine and sieve it to achieve to flour. Hope that helps.
do i need to wash the sweet rice first? or just grind it dry?
DeleteIf you have washed it you need to air dry it before grinding else you can grind it dry. Does your place have any Asian grocery stores? I am sure they have glutinous rice flour.
Deleteim here in the province of philippines..unluckily, there is no glutinous rice flour in the grocery or market.
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