Kuih Keria

Kuih Keria is one of the traditional malay kuihs.  The main ingredient is mashed sweet potatoes combined with flour.  This kuih is simple to prepare and tastes good!

Ingredients (yields 24 pieces):
1 kg sweet potatoes (white ones), to be peeled and cut into large cubes
(Note:  If white ones are not available, one can still use the other colours.  Just bear in mind that one will need to add more flour.  For this recipe, I used the orange colour sweet potatoes.)
1 litre water
1 tsp salt
2 - 3 pandan leaves, to be tied in a knot

200 g flour or enough to make dough easy to handle
cooking oil for deep-frying

250 g sugar
180 g water

Method:
In a pot, add sweet potatoes, salt, pandan leaves and water.  Bring to a boil.  Cover pot and reduce heat to medium.  Cook for about 15 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender.  Drain in a colander.

In a large bowl, mash cooked sweet potatoes.  Add flour and knead well.  Divide dough into 50 g balls and set aside.  With floured hands, flatten a ball and make a hole in the centre by using your finger - like a doughnut.  Repeat procedure.

Heat enough cooking oil in a wok over medium heat.  Add formed dough into oil and deep-fry on both sides until golven brown.  Remove to a tray which is lined with kitchen paper.  Repeat until all dough has been fried.

In a wok, add sugar and water.  Cook mixture over low/medium heat until thick and sticky.  (Do NOT cook mixture over medium/high heat, by doing so, the sugar will have a very dry and hard consistency.)  Reduce heat and then. add fried dough into sugar mixture one at a time, coating well each time.  Stir carefully and cook further until the sugar mixture has dried up.  Remove from heat!

Serve warm or cold!

Bon Appetit!