Yam Pancakes

Orna & Ella was a famous restaurant in Tel-Aviv and this dish was their most popular dish, from the day they opened to the day they closed, a few years ago. This version was adapted and translated from Hebrew. Enjoy!

 

Ingredients for pancakes:

  • 21⁄2 lbs of yam (any sweet potato can work)

  • 2 tsp soy sauce

  • 3⁄4 cup flour

  • 1 tsp sugar

Ingredients for dipping sauce

  • 3⁄4 cup of chopped chives

  • 1 cup of sour cream

  • 1⁄3 cup of mayonnaise

  • 1 tsp mustard

  • 1 tsp lemon juice

  • Salt and black pepper to taste

Oil! (butter…)

At least 1 tsp salt butter for frying

Tools:

  • Medium mixing bowl

  • Colander

  • Piping bag + Piping tip (or a plastic bag with a hole)

  • Non-stick frying pan

Instructions

  1. Peel the yams and cut into large pieces. Cook in a large pot with water until completely soft.

  2. Place in a colander between 2 hours to overnight, until all the fluids drain out.

  3. Place in a bowl. Add the soy sauce and mash with your hands. Add the flour, sugar and salt and pepper and continue to mix until you have a consistent mixture. Remove any large chunks.

  4. The mixture needs to be consistent and a bit sticky. Add additional flour if needed to achieve this

    Note: Excessive mixing may make the mixture too sticky.

  5. Mix all ingredients of the dipping sauce in a serving bowl and keep cool.

  6. Fill a piping bag with the pancake mixture and connect a piping nozzle. Alternatively, you can use a plastic ziploc bag and make a 1⁄4" hole.

Frying

  1. Melt butter in a non-sick frying pan

  2. Create a little pancake (about 2.5”) in circular motion

  3. Cook on both sides until brown.
    Since the Yams are already cooked ahead of time, it doesn’t take too long to cook!

The sauce

  1. Mix all ingredients and mix lightly.

  2. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Serve warm with the sauce on the side!

 
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