This sweet potato donut is a very common snack in Malaysia, it is mostly available in pasar malam (night markets)and food stalls, a good snack over afternoon.
I bought very good sweet potatoes few days back and made these balls for teatime. I sent a plateful over to my neighbour, her son had a bite and said “This is Malaysian donut, nice!".
200 gm Sweet potatoes (any colours)
1/4 cup All purpose flour (All purpose flour and starch can be adjusted according to the consistency of dough)
1 tbsp Corn starch/tapioca flour
1 tbsp sugar
1/8 tsp Baking soda
Some caster sugar for dusting optional
1. Peel, cut and steam sweet potatoes until soft, mashed and add all purpose flour, cornstarch, sugar and Baking Soda to make a soft dough。
2. Spread a little oil on palm, take out some dough using a small teaspoon, make it into a small ball, the dough is quiet sticky, so do not worry about it being too soft, as long as the dough could hold together to form a ball, it should be fine.
3. Heat oil at medium heat, test the temperature using a small dough, if it turned brown instantly, the oil is too hot, it should start bubbling and the dough should float on the oil, fry the balls until golden brown in color.
4. Drain excess oil, set it on a plate, sprinkle caster sugar on top, Serve warm.