Hobbit Food: Nghia's Fried Sweet Potatoes

Why hobbit food you ask?

Have you ever wondered what hobbits eat? This question never occurred to us until one Sunday night where we used left over boiled, mashed up tubers to cover a hard boiled egg. We took this concept from a Guyanese dish known as Egg Ball. Which really is a hard boiled egg covered in a single root called cassava. After we fried up these tuber balls and were sitting down to devour them Tony said, "Sara, you cook like a hobbit and it's awesome" which then turned these tuber balls into hobbit balls. This also got us thinking, "what else have we cooked that's been inspired through the use of local ingredients and cuisine?" From this our blog was born. But if you're actually looking for foods that hobbits eat you won't find them here. But we do hope you enjoy our creations!

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Nghia's Fried Sweet Potatoes

So our dear friend Nghia, who is an awesome panda, ninja, stockbroker PC volunteer, came to visit us. We like it when people come see us because we are able to share our “cooking” experience with them and they are kind enough to show us a thing or two.
Nghia said he was going to make us a common Vietnamese snack…fried sweet potatoes. OK, so our blog is not just typical Guyanese dishes, it’s the food consumed in our Guyanese house that we think is worthy enough to go on this AWESOME blog.
Anyway, back to my story, so, we said yes to fried sweet potatoes. I mean, anything fried has to be good, right? And sweet potatoes are yummy as is!
These savory, sweet, fried, disks of goodness are pretty tasty, but you can only eat a few at a time.

Make a batter (kind of like pancake batter) with the following:
Flour
Sugar (maybe a teaspoon or two?)
Water
Wash, peel and cut sweet potatoes (1’ thick rounds)
Heat up oil in a pan/Kahari
Coat sweet potatoes in the batter
Place in the hot oil to fry, the batter should puff up

Thanks, Nghia