There are 3 things that you can make from these potatoes. The first is sweet potato drink. The second is Che Mek Molek and the last is sweet potato balls.
To make Sweet Potato Drink, you need to wash and peel potatoes. To shorten cooking time, cut the potatoes into managable chunks and boil in water. When the potatoes are soft and cooked, remove potatoes from water, and add in a chunk of ginger which you've cracked beforehand. Add sugar to taste, and there you have, sweet potato drink.
For Che Mek Molek, you need to mash the potatoes while they are still hot and put in a pinch of salt and about 1/4 cup of all purpose flour and 3 dsp of rice flour. The dough shouldn't stick to your hands when you roll it. The size should be about the size of a small lime. Then flatten the dough and in the middle, put 1/2 tsp of sugar before you shape the dough, closing the sugar in. Inside, it's hollow. (Please refer to the pictures below.) Then it's ready for frying. When the oil is hot, fry the Che Mek Molek until golden brown.
The sweet potatoes I used were purple in colour. I made about 9. That's about half the dough. The remainder dough was used to make potato balls which Mika absolutely loves.
Sweet Potato Balls
To the leftover dough add 3 tsps of sugar and 1 dsp of rice flour. Mix well and start rolling in 20 sen sized balls and they are ready to be fried. Deep fry until golden brown. You can also get creative like we did (Inez and I) and made star shapes, heart shapes, a car shape, snowman. flowers, paw prints. It's like playing with Play Doh except that it's edible and yummy.
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