Some ingredients can be combined with flour to make delicious desserts or pastries. Today, I will use sweet potatoes and flour to make a popular fried snack. This Chinese Sweet Potato Balls recipe uses sweet potato, flour and sugar to create a fried snack, high in dietary fiber and potassium.
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The sweet potato balls are crispy on the surface and soft on the inside. If you want the sweet potato balls to have more sweet potato flavor, you can reduce the amount of flour by 10g (about 3 3/4 tsps). If you think the sweet potato is not sweet enough, you can add 10-20g (2 1/2 to 5 tsps) of white sugar. Of course, if you think the sweetness is suitable, you reduce or eliminate the sugar. If you are interested, please make it with me.
Health benefits of sweet potato
According to Baidu Encyclopedia, sweet potatoes are rich in protein, starch, and cellulose. Sweet potatoes contain a lot of dietary fiber, which cannot be digested and absorbed in the intestines. It can stimulate the intestines and enhance peristalsis, which is beneficial for people with constipation. The auxiliary anti-hypertensive effect of sweet potatoes is mainly attributed to the rich potassium in them, because potassium and sodium are important elements that affect blood pressure. If the human body consumes enough potassium, it will promote the excretion of excess sodium from the blood. Eating foods rich in potassium will also promote the balance of mineral levels in the body and ultimately play an auxiliary anti-hypertensive role.
Chinese Sweet Potato “Meatballs”
Equipment
Ingredients
- 400 g sweet potato
- 130 g flour
- 10-20 g sugar
- oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Prepare the ingredients.
- Peel the sweet potatoes and cut into small pieces.400 g sweet potato
- Add enough water to the steamer, then place the sweet potatoes on the top level of the steamer. Cover with the lid. Bring the water to a boil, then use medium heat and continue steaming for 5 minutes after the water boils. Then turn off the heat.
- Take out the sweet potatoes and mash them into sweet potato puree, then add sugar and flour.130 g flour, 10-20 g sugar
- Stir and knead to make a large round ball of sweet potato dough.
- Then make sweet potato balls, each weighing about 15g (about 1 rounded tablespoon). Roll into balls.
- Fill the wok about halfway with oil and heat to 150°C (302℉), then add the sweet potato balls, and fry over medium-low heat. Turn them several times. Fry for 4-5 minutes, then remove the sweet potato balls from the oil and drain.oil for deep frying
- Transfer to a plate and serve.
Notes
- When putting the sweet potato balls into the hot oil, please do not put them directly in, let’s put them slowly along the edge of the pan. This will prevent them from being splashed by the hot oil.
- Please pay attention to turning the sweet potato balls while they are being fried so that they are evenly heated, so as to ensure uniform maturity and color.
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These will be good!!!!!