Sweet Potato Balls Recipe Khanom Mantip ขนมมนทพย

SWEET POTATO BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add sweet potatoes and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and mash with butter, sugar, milk, salt and lemon zest. Shape mixture into balls, with a marshmallow in the center of each. Roll in cereal crumbs and place in prepared dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until marshmallows begin to ooze.

SWEET POTATO BALLS RECIPE | KHANOM MANTIP (ขนมมันทิพย์)

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with water and bring it to a boil. Add the corn, boil for 5 minutes, and set aside.
• Set a small pan on low heat, add the coconut milk, sugar, salt, baking powder and stir with a spoon until everything is dissolved and combined. There is no need to bring this to a boil.
• Fill half a large pot with water and bring it to a hard boil (you can use the same pot you used to boil the corn). Add a steamer on top and place all the sweet potatoes in it. Then, cover with a lid and steam for 30 minutes.
• Cut the corn off the cob and separate the kernels.
• Take your mortar and pestle and roughly pound the sweet potatoes in the mortar, one color at a time, before transferring to 2 large bowls. You don't want the potatoes to be too fine. (If you don't have a mortar and pestle, use a bowl and a spoon.)
• Add half of the corn and half of the coconut syrup to each sweet potato bowl and mix with a spoon.
• With your hand, take about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the sweet potato mixture and roll into a ball. Repeat until finished.
• Bake your sweet potato balls at 302°F or 150°C for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through. Note that you might want to preheat your oven if you're using a large oven.

SWEET POTATO BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 °F.
• Bake the potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them. Stir in the brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg.
• In a separate bowl, toss the coconut with the sugar and cinnamon. Press mashed potatoes around each marshmallow, creating a 2 to 3-inch diameter ball. Roll the balls in the coconut mixture. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Watch carefully for the last few minutes of cooking; the expanding marshmallows can cause the potato balls to burst open.

SWEET POTATO BALLS

Steps:

• Steam the sweet potato in a steamer over a medium heat for 15-20 mins until soft enough to insert a cutlery knife into. Mash the sweet potato using a potato masher or a fork until smooth. Add the sugar, tapioca starch and a good pinch of seasoning, then mix well with your hands. Gradually pour in 1-2 tbsp water, then mix well until a pliable dough forms.
• Divide the dough into four and roll each piece into a long sausage shape around 2cm in diameter. Cut each length of dough into 2cm pieces and roll them into balls in the palm of your hand. Don't worry if they crumble, just keep squishing them until they form a ball.
• Half-fill a large, heavy-based saucepan with the oil. Heat over a medium temperature until a cooking thermometer reads 120C. Lower batches of the balls into the oil (you may need to cook them in two or three batches) and fry for 2 mins until they begin to float. When they are floating, turn down the heat slightly. Turn the balls in the oil using a slotted spoon until they expand in size, doing so every minute, for around 3-4 mins. Turn the heat back up and continue to deep-fry until golden brown.
• Transfer the balls onto kitchen paper using a slotted spoon. Leave to drain and cool a little, then serve.