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Nigerian Yam Pancake

By Chioma 11 Comments

Nigerian Yam PancakeIt is the new yam season and many towns especially in the Eastern part of Nigeria would have or may be celebrating the new yam festival and pounded yam is the favourite for new yam. A lot of people may be put off eating yam in other ways for a while because it does not have the sweet taste of the old yam. It equally doesn’t take in easily the flavours and condiments added to it, especially when making pottage.

Well, it is time to try something different for the kids with yam apart from the usuals, and the whole family will like this too. Whether it is new or old yam, it will work with this recipe which basically consists of grated yam, onion, seasonings and egg. Half tuber of a small sized yam yielded about 14 pancakes.

The inspiration to create this yam pancake came from the ‘Latkes’ – a potato pancake traditionally eaten by the Jews during their Hanukkah Festival, a Jewish feast. It looked interestingly simple and i was thinking of trying it out (after all potatoes are not alien to us) before the yam idea kicked in. I will definitely try it and also yam in many variations so that you have a lot of choices to choose from.

Yam is much more traditional to our culture and this is a fun way for kids to eat it in a crispy sweet and savory snacky kind of way. I used old yam, since that is what i could lay my hands on and it is dry, so it does not require squeezing out moisture. If you are using new yam, you will have to squeeze out the water after grating, so that it will not get scattered when frying.

One more thing, wear a hand glove or cover your hands with nylon bag if you are going to grate with a hand grater…yam itches like hell just peeling it, talkless of grating. To be forewarned, they say is…:)

Nigerian Yam Pancake Recipe

Ingredients:

  • ½ tuber small yam
  • 2- 3 medium eggs
  • 1 medium onion (grated or thinly chopped)
  • 1 tablespoon crayfish
  • 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
  • 1 seasoning cube
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Small flour (optional and only to be used if yam is watery which occurs mostly with new yam)

Method:

  1. Peel and grate yam with the smaller holes in your box grater or a food processor.
  2. Break the eggs and whisk well. Add with the remaining ingredients to the grated yam and mix together. Add some sprinkling of flour if the mixture is watery.
  3. Place a pan on low-medium heat with little oil and fry small scoops of yam batter till the sides are cooked and golden brown. Flip and also cook the other side. Do the same until the batches are done.
  4. Serve warm drizzled with  stew, tomato sauce or ketchup, as well as other sides.

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Filed Under: 1-3 years, 9-12 months, All Recipes, Baby Recipes, Breakfast Recipes, Lunchbox Ideas, Pancakes & Pies, Simple & Fast Meals, Toddler Recipes & Family Foods, Yam Recipes

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Comments

  1. peculiar uzonna says

    3rd September 2015 at 10:02 am

    Chiomy, this your latest invention sounds really interesting. Well done. I will give a try.

    Reply
    • Mummy's Yum says

      7th September 2015 at 7:20 pm

      Uzo, sure. It is really nice though the pictures didn’t do justice to it.

  2. Julia-Faith says

    31st May 2016 at 6:00 pm

    This is in the oven right now. Tried frying it but it didn’t cook through. Too little oil, maybe. The taste is excellent though.

    Okay, so I paused to go and check on it. It bakes okay but tends to to stick to the pan.

    Reply
    • Julia-Faith says

      31st May 2016 at 6:24 pm

      Update: The yam pancakes are finally done. They came out nice and crispy. My boys can’t get enough of it. Served it with grilled lemon chicken. Thanks, Chioma for taking the boredom out of their meal times.

    • Chioma says

      1st June 2016 at 1:55 am

      Wow, thanks Julia. My love to the boys and i hope you enjoy the updated one in the e-book

    • Chioma says

      1st June 2016 at 1:54 am

      Ahh Julia, probably too little and also check your heat. Low to medium heat is best

  3. Julia-Faith says

    10th June 2016 at 9:58 pm

    Haven’t been able to open the ebook. Could you send me the link again? Please.

    Reply
    • Chioma says

      11th June 2016 at 10:36 am

      Sending it now.

  4. M says

    10th April 2017 at 7:10 pm

    U just awesome,have not tried it buh I love ur versatility n the drive to feed our adorables healthy meals.thumps up

    Reply
    • Chioma says

      11th April 2017 at 10:01 am

      Thank you so much M.

  5. Ella says

    21st December 2018 at 4:20 pm

    Just tried it this morning. He finished it!. My toddler doesn’t like eggs so I have been looking ways to hide eggs in his meals and this recipe is just perfect. Thank you so much.

    Reply

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