Thursday, April 3, 2008

Curried Sweet Potato Pancakes

I meant to make sweet potatoes for Easter. But I forgot, and found myself with a number of sweet spuds just waiting to be eaten.


What a great opportunity to play. Don't you love that?

I had a vague idea that I wanted to try a sweet potato version of a latke, and, recalling an email exchange with a fellow foodblogger, I pulled out the curry powder.

There is no flour in this recipe, so it is gluten-free. The egg acted as a delicate binder, though next time I might add some rice flour or mashed sweet potato for a bit more structure.

They weren't as crispy as I would have liked--perhaps my oil wasn't quite hot enough. Still, they were tasty--savory, with an onion-garlic bite.

These were served with a dollop of unsweetened applesauce to accompany a lovely chuck eye steak.


Curried Sweet Potato Pancakes
inspired by Michele Humes of
Fine Furious Life
serves 4 as a side dish, 2 as a main

2 cups shredded sweet potato (shred using the large holes of a box grater)
1 small onion, grated, juice reserved
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon mild curry powder (or to taste)
1 teaspoon agave nectar or honey
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl; stir to combine.

Pan-fry mounds in hot vegetable oil*, about 3 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels and enjoy.

10 comments:

Mary said...

wow those look fantastic!

Joy @ Joy Of Desserts said...

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:-)

Amanda said...

Thanks, Mary and Joy!

Gloria Baker said...

This looks so nice aND yummy Amanda!!! xxGloria

Anonymous said...

What a great idea!

Coffee and Vanilla said...

Wow, a month ago or so I made sweet potato and chick pea burgers :)
I love your recipe, sounds very good. Enjoy your weekends, Margot

Anonymous said...

:)

Amanda said...

Gloria--thank you. You are so sweet--I think the photo of these leaves something to be desired! It certainly does not do the flavor of the thing justice.

Marye--thank you, as always. I have to admit that the original idea of curried sweet potato pancake came from Michele! However I did create the dish "by the seat of my pants" and of course using ingredients that are consistent with my dietary restrictions (read... no flour & no sugar).

Margot--I missed your burger recipe! I will have to go a-hunting for it. They sound lovely!

Michele--thank you for stopping by! I finally made them, inspired by your fantastic recipe, of course. My photo is not great, though... obviously! :P

test it comm said...

Curried sweet potato pancakes sound really good. Serving them with apple sauce sounds like a nice combo.

Amanda said...

Thanks, Kevin.

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