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Sesame crumbed chicken schnitzel

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Sweet potato latkes

By Phillippa Cheifitz

Serves Makes about 30

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cooking Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 kg sweet potatoes
1 medium onion
2 free-range eggs, beaten
3 T potato starch
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
canola oil, for frying
za’atar, for sprinkling

Method

1. Wash and peel the potatoes and onion, then grate coarsely. Wrap in muslin cloth or a clean tea towel and squeeze out the excess moisture over a bowl.

2. Keep the liquid in the bowl, allowing a few minutes for the starch to settle to the bottom. Carefully pour off the liquid but keep the potato starch.

3. Mix the potatoes and onion with the eggs, potato starch and seasoning. Drop spoonfuls – 2 T for each latke – into the hot oil, spreading and flattening with a fork. If necessary, you could add a little cornflour to the mixture to make sure they hold together. Shallow-fry over a medium heat until golden – about 3 minutes a side. Drain on kitchen paper.

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Photographs: Toby Murphy
Production: Brita Du Plessis
Food assistant: Sophia-Maria Eygelaar

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