Indian Sweet Potato Patties Recipe (2024)

Sweet potato patties recipe is a delicious and easy to make Indian style sweet potato snack that you can serve with tea. Quick to make with simple ingredients these cutlets are wholesome, filling and very tasty. Here is you can make sweet potato patties with step by step photos.

Sweet potato is a very common tuber vegetable used in Indian cooking. We use sweet potatoes for making chips, sambar, poriyal and gulab jamun apart from eating it as such boiled. Here I have used boiled and mashed sweet potatoes to make patties just like veg cutlet.

Making sweet potato patties is very easy and straight forward. You can easily make these patties for breakfast or snack. This is a very good and wholesome choice for toddlers and kids as we all know how nutritious sweet potatoes are.

There are many variations you can make with this recipe, please check the notes and also I have mentioned few options for frying the sweet potato patties. You can also make these veg cutlets and use sweet potatoes instead of potatoes.

Serve sweet potato patties hot or warm for breakfast or as snack with coffee.You can also pack this in snack box for toddlers and kids.

How To Make Sweet Potato Patties?

To make sweet potato patties begin by pressure cooking the sweet potatoes. Once done peel and mash the sweet potatoes well.

Next heat some oil in a pan and temper with cumin seeds.Add minced ginger garlic,slit green chilies and saute well.Add chopped onions and saute followed by grated carrots. Saute briefly and remove from flame. Let this cool for a while.

Next add the sauteed ingredients to the mashed sweet potatoes. Mix well and season with salt. Add some bread crumbs to bind the mixture. Pinch small balls and make into patties.

How To Fry Sweet Potato Patties?

Once you have shaped the patties you can either deep fry them or shallow fry them. As an alternate way you can also toast them on a skillet or even bake the patties.

To deep fry or shallow fry the patties:

First prepare a thin lump free batter of 2 tablespoons corn flour with 1/2 cup water. Dip the shaped patties and roll over the bread crumbs.

Heat oil for deep frying or shallow frying. Slide the prepared patties and fry until golden and crispy. drain excess oil and serve.

To toast the sweet potato patties on tava or skillet just toast them on hot tava after shaping. No need to dip in corn flour batter or roll over bread crumbs.

How To Make Sweet Potato Patties in Oven?

For making these patties in oven first of all shape all the patties. Heat oven at 180 C. Prepare a large baking sheet by greasing with few drops of oil. Place the shaped patties in single layer and bake for 10-12 minutes. Flip and bake for 5-7 more minutes or until golden and crispy.

Can You Freeze Sweet Potato Patties?

Yes, the shaped uncooked patties can be easily frozen and fried when needed. Store them in a freezer safe bix or zip lock bag. Just thaw them for 10-20 minutes before frying.

You can also freeze the fried patties and reheat when serving.

Recipe Notes, Tips and Variations.

You can use 1 large potato along with sweet potato in this recipe. Just use one sweet potato in that case.

Adjust the seasoning as per taste

Instead of bread crumbs you can use panko crumbs or pulsed oats or pulsed rice flakes or poha.

Along with grated carrots you can add green peas, boiled corn too.

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How To Make Sweet Potato Cutlet Step by Step

Wash and cut the sweet potato into big pieces. Pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.

Once the pressure is settled, peel and mash them very well.

Next heat 2 teaspoons oil in a pan and temper with cumin seeds. Add minced ginger garlic and slit green chilies. Saute well.

Now add chopped onions and saute till they turn soft.

Add grated carrots, salt, chili powder and saute for 2-3 minutes. Remove from flame and let cool for a while.

Add the sauteed ingredients to the mashed sweet potatoes and mix well.

Next add 3-4 tablespoons bread crumbs or flour to bind. Try shaping a patty, if the mixture is loose add more bread crumbs.

Divide the mixture into 10-12 balls and shape into patties.

Heat oil for deep or shallow frying. While the oil is getting heated make thin slurry of corn flour and water.

Dip the shaped patties in corn flour slurry and roll over remaining bread crumbs.

Slide in the hot oil and fry until golden and crispy. Serve hot.

Sweet Potato Patties Recipe