Crisp at the edges and tender through the middle, sweet potato podi | sweet potato fritters is a vegetarian south india snack made with sweet potato, besan / gram flour, and rice flour in about 20 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: south india
Ingredients
- 1 sweet potato
- 1 cup besan / gram flour
- 2 tbsp rice flour
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- pinch baking soda
- salt to taste
- water to prepare batter
Method
- wash the sweet potato and scrape the skin off.
- later cut the sweet potatoes into thin slices.
- mix gram flour, rice flour, chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt, baking soda and water.
- make a fairly thick batter by adding little water at a time to avoid lumps from formation.
- now add more water and make the batter little thin. (do not make it watery consistency)
- dip the slices into the batter and make sure it coats all side.
- deep fry the sweet potato in oil.
- serve hot with tea or coffee as your evening snacks.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
