Curried Sweet Potatoe Latkes

Title:
Curried Sweet Potatoe Latkes

Yield:
16 3" pcakes

Categories:
Nathan,
Vegetables,
Passover




Ingredients:





          -PAT DWIGANS FWDS07A


     1 lb Sweet potatoes, peeled and


          Coarsely grated


   1/2 c  Matzo meal; or flour


     2 ts Sugar


     1 ts Brown sugar


     1 ts Baking powder


   1/2 ts Cayenne powder


     2 ts Curry powder


     1 ts Cumin


          Salt and pepper to taste


     2 lg Eggs, beaten


   1/2 c  Milk, approximately


          Peanut oil for frying






 Mix the flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, cayenne pepper, curry


 powder, cumin, and salt and pepper. Add the eggs and just enough milk to


 the dry ingredients to make a stiff batter. Add the potatoes and mix. The


 batter should be moist but not runny; if to stiff add more milk.


 


 Heat 1/4 inch of peanut oil until it is barely smoking. Drop in the batter


 by tablespoons and flatten. Fry over medium high heat several minutes on


 both sides until golden. Drain and serve


 


 Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V97 #321 by ELAINE  RADIS


 (AUNTIE_E@prodigy.net) on Dec 8, 1997