Kumara Fritters

This was a recipe sent to me by a friend it sounds really good to me. Kumara is a kind of sweet potato grown on NZ.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Yields: 16 fritters

Ingredients

• 1  kg kumara
• 2  tablespoons cornstarch
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 2  eggs
• 100  ml milk
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
•  olive oil (for frying, not extra virgin)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Prick skin of kumara.
3. Bake 1 kg kumara until tender, about 45 minutes, then mash when the kumara has cooled a little, sift in 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 teaspoons baking powder and mix well.
4. Add 2 eggs, beaten, 100 ml milk, teaspoon salt, half teaspoon nutmeg and mix again.
5. Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and drop the mixture into it by the heaped tablespoonful.
6. Fry until browned on both sides.