La vie est belle

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers out there! It’s a little too early to wish my mum. In Mauritius, we celebrate on the last Sunday in May. Anyway, how was your weekend? I thought it went as quickly as it came! Oh by the way, did ya notice the new layout?

We lunched at my sister’s place today. I made Gateau Patates (sweet potato cakes) in the morning. This was my second attempt. First attempt was a flop! They tasted better this time round. Of course I had to find ways to make mine healthier LOL. I pan fried them.

Here they are, my Gateau Patates

Recipe is at the bottom of this post. Before that, here are some eats we had for lunch

Homemade Fried Rice

Homemade Honey Glazed Chicken

Apple + Mango salad

Chatini de tomates

My brother brought some Popiah x 4 packets …

And then there was cake! A fruity mango sponge cake. Niiiiice. Loved the sliced mangoes!

A peek inside

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Gateau Patates (or sweet potato cakes)

Recipe adapted from here. This is my modified version.

Ingrédients:

• 600g sweet potatoes (I used the normal one – not the red Japanese one)
• 3 tbsp flour
• 3 tbsp desiccated coconut + more for the filling (I didn’t use the extra though)
• 2 tbsp granulated sugar (to taste — add more if it’s not sweet enough)
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• Oil to pan fry

Préparation

1. Wash and boil the sweet potatoes until soft. Then peel and mash. Let cool.
2. Add the desiccated coconut, vanilla essence and sugar to the mashed sweet potato. Set aside for a couple of minutes before adding the flour. Add more flour if your think the mixture is too soft. However don’t add too much, otherwise you will end up with tough sweet potato cakes.
3. Shape into balls and if  the mixture is too sticky to handle (which, in my opinion is always sticky), sprinkle it with a little bit of flour.
4. Using your palm, press each ball into small disk (the size of your palm).
5. Place some coconut in the centre and fold into half. Seal the edges using a folk — I skipped step 5.
6. Drizzle some oil in a medium hot pan.
7. Pan fry — I prefer pan frying mine.
8. Let cool before serving. They can be kept for a couple of days.

Shaping the mashed sweet potato mixture into balls

Sprinkling a little flour so that it’s easier to press into small disk without sticking to your palm

Pan frying mine

The cooking area

Gateau Patates, my version

Yum :)

Enjoy the last bit of your Sunday! I will blog about our 2-hr brisk walking soon.

Tags: baking, cakes, family, Food, lunch, mauritian food, pancakes

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