Sweet Potato Balls Recipe | Khanom Mantip (ขนมมันทิพย์)

Ingredients

• 1 ear corn
• 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
• 2.7 ounces sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 10.6 ounces orange sweet potatoes (peeled and cut into chunks)
• 10.6 ounces purple sweet potatoes (peeled and cut into chunks)

Steps

1. 1

   Fill a large pot with water and bring it to a boil. Add the corn, boil for 5 minutes, and set aside.

2. 2

   Set a small pan on low heat, add the coconut milk, sugar, salt, baking powder and stir with a spoon until everything is dissolved and combined. There is no need to bring this to a boil.

3. 3

   Fill half a large pot with water and bring it to a hard boil (you can use the same pot you used to boil the corn). Add a steamer on top and place all the sweet potatoes in it. Then, cover with a lid and steam for 30 minutes.

4. 4

   Cut the corn off the cob and separate the kernels.

5. 5

   Take your mortar and pestle and roughly pound the sweet potatoes in the mortar, one color at a time, before transferring to 2 large bowls. You don't want the potatoes to be too fine. (If you don't have a mortar and pestle, use a bowl and a spoon.)

6. 6

   Add half of the corn and half of the coconut syrup to each sweet potato bowl and mix with a spoon.

7. 7

   With your hand, take about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the sweet potato mixture and roll into a ball. Repeat until finished.

8. 8

   Bake your sweet potato balls at 302°F or 150°C for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through. Note that you might want to preheat your oven if you're using a large oven.