North African Sweet Potato Pancakes

Mirj's Note:

These have a very special flavor, go great with my Moroccan Pumpkin Soup (L'hamraak Garagh).

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 6-8

Yield: 26.0 latkes

• 2 ½ lbs sweet potatoes or 2 ½ lbs yams , peeled
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ½ teaspoon white pepper
• 5 eggs , lightly beaten
• canola oil

Directions:

1. Loosely grate potatoes in food processor and place in mixing bowl.
2. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
3. Mix in eggs.
4. Cover and refrigerate (up to 4 hours) until time to fry.
5. In large non-stick skillet, heat enough oil to cover bottom of the pan.
6. Spoon out the batter into pan, being careful not to crowd.
7. Cook until crisp and brown on one side, then turn and fry on other side.
8. Keep finished pancakes warm in oven until all pancakes are fried.
9. Drain on paper towels.

Reviews

[Geema]

Very delicious. I love having another way to make sweet potatoes that is so fast and easy. As I was making these, I just couldn't resist putting in some finely chopped pecans and it turned out to be a good choice. This recipe makes enough latkes for several families, so I only made 1/3 of the original recipe and it worked just fine. Love these latkes, Mirj.

[rkeosheyan]

Big hit with the fam. Make sure oil is nice and hot before starting. We found the crispier pancakes tasted the best.

[BookPub]

Delicious - especially straight out of the frying pan! We tried several types of pancakes (onion, carrot, eggplant, etc.) but this won top awards after the onion. And the recipe is so easy to make. I will definitely be making these again.