Spicy Sweet Potato Cakes

(Originally posted by Bekki)

This is more of an algorithm than a recipe, but it’s yummy.

• Take a sweet potato (or more, depending on how many you’re cooking for).
• Make holes in it with a sharp knife so it doesn’t explode.
• Cook it in the microwave until soft (10 minutes? 20? Depends on the potato, the microwave. Use your common sense).
• Wait til it cools enough to handle and cut the potato in half.
• Scoop out the innards into a bowl and mash with a fork.
• Add some ginger. If you like ginger a lot, then add a 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger, grated up small. If you’re less keen, add a small pinch of ground ginger.
• Form the ginger-potato mixture into cakes.
• Add a small amount of groundnut oil or oil spray to a frying pan.
• Heat the frying pan until smoking.
• Fry the potato cakes until brownish. (until they look like you’d want to eat them, basically).
• Serve with Thai-style stir-fryed vegetables.