Sweet Potato Cakes with Chilli and Feta

Name: Sweet Potato Cakes with Chilli and Feta
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 450 g (1 lb) sweet potatoes; 5 spring onions, finely chopped; 1 red chilli, seeded and finely chopped; 100 g (4 oz) feta cheese; 2 large eggs; 4 tbsp milk; 50 g (2 oz) self-raising flour; 25 g (1 oz) cornflour; vegetable oil, for cooking; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 small cucumber; 150 g (5 oz) natural yoghurt; 1 small garlic clove, crushed; 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint; 100 g (4 oz) rocket; 12 cherry tomatoes, halved; 1 ripe Hass avocado, halved, peeled and cut into chunks; handful of pitted black olives (preserved in oil and drained); handful of pitted black olives (preserved in oil and drained); 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 tsp balsamic vinegar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Nation's Favourite Food

By Neven Maguire

Published 2013

About

This makes a delicious lunch or light supper with very little effort. The sweet potato cakes are packed full of flavour, but it’s a recipe that the whole family should enjoy. It’s worth pressing the sweet potato cakes down gently with a palette knife or fish slice as they cook to help them keep their shape.

Ingredients

450 g (1 lb) sweet potatoes
5 spring onions, finely chopped

Europe
Ireland
Lunch
Supper
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 100°C (200°F/gas mark ¼).

Peel and grate the sweet potatoes – you’ll need 350g (12oz) in total – and place in a bowl with the spring onions and chilli. Crumble in the feta and season. Break the eggs into a jug and beat with the milk. Sift the self-raising fl