Kumara Fritters - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 kg kumara
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
100 ml milk
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
olive oil (for frying, not extra virgin)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C.
Prick skin of kumara.
Bake 1 kg kumara until tender, about 45 minutes, then mash when the kumara has cooled a little, sift in 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 teaspoons baking powder and mix well.
Add 2 eggs, beaten, 100 ml milk, teaspoon salt, half teaspoon nutmeg and mix again.
Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and drop the mixture into it by the heaped tablespoonful.
Fry until browned on both sides.