Yam Balls

Ingredients

1 1/2 pound yam salt as required 150g potatoes 3 tablespoons vegan butter/ margarine 1/2 onion chopped 1/2 bell pepper chopped 2 cloves garlic minced 1 teaspoon of grounded black pepper 1/2 teaspoon of chilli powder 65g vegan bread crumbs 30g flour salt and black pepper to season odourless oil for deep frying to serve: any hot sauce

Method

 Peel the yam and cut it into cubes. Smaller cubes cook faster. Rinse well, put into a saucepan, add salt to taste, add enough water to cover the yams for boiling. Place the yams on fire to cook till tender or cooked through.  In a separate pan place peeled and chopped potatoes (these will take less time to cook) and boil until soft.  While the yam is cooking, put one tablespoon of butter or margarine in another saucepan. Add garlic, onions and bell pepper and saute until just softened, and set aside.

 Drain the yams and transfer them to a large mixing bowl. Whiles still hot, add two tablespoons of butter or margarine and mash the yam making sure there are no lumps. Repeat for potatoes  Add the previously softened onions and bell pepper, one teaspoon of black pepper, half a teaspoon of chilli powder. Mix everything together. Season with salt and black pepper.  Add water mix together. palms, mould and shape into balls.  Place the yam balls on a tray and place them in the fridge for 10 to 15 minutes to rest.  Mix together the flour and breadcrumbs and season,  Remove yam balls from the fridge, take each yam ball, place into the flour plate to coat, dust off excess, finally place into the bread crumbs to coat making sure it is well coated in the bread crumbs.  Rest the yam balls for about five minutes before frying. When ready to fry, heat oil in a deep fryer. Check the oil is hot by dipping a wooden spoon into the oil. If the oil bubbles around it, it is hot enough to start frying.  Gently place each yam ball into the deep fryer. Fry till yam balls are golden. Remove from the oil and put the yam balls on a tissue paper-lined plate to drain excess oil.  Yam balls are best eaten warm, serve with any hot sauce of choice.