Kalingking (Sweet Potato Fritters)
Ingredients
1 kilo sweet potatoes
3/4 cup brown sugar
3 cups rice flour or all-purpose flour
1 cup water
1-1/2 cups corn oil for deep frying
Instructions
A Batanes specialty
Serves: 4
1. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into thin strips.
2. Add sugar and flour to water and stir well.
3. Add sweet potatoes to sugar and flour mixture and mix with a wooden spoon until well-coated.
4. Heat oil in a frying pan.
5. Scoop about 3 tablespoons of the mixture into a shallow saucer.
6. Flatten with the back of a spoon and slip into hot oil.
7. Fry until golden brown.