| 1 | Because kumara is so moist, baking it before mashing as this recipe instructs yields the best result. |
| 2 | But it is expensive and inefficient to run an oven to cook one or two sweet potatoes. |
| 3 | If you are not baking anything else, steam the kumara, dry it well before mashing and add a little more cornflour if necessary. |
| 4 | bake 1 kg kumara until tender then mash when the kumara has cooled a little, sift in 2 tablespoons cornflour and 2 teaspoons baking powder and mix well. |
| 5 | Add 2 eggs, beaten, 100 ml milk, teaspoon salt, half teaspoon nutmeg and mix again. |
| 6 | heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and drop the mixture into it by the heaped tablespoonful fry until browned on both sides. |
| 7 | makes about 16 |
