Golden and crispy potato balls: A versatile delight from Mrs. Henia

You can serve potato balls for dinner alongside meats and salads or as a snack with a fancy sauce. Fans of heartier flavors can add a small piece of yellow cheese inside the balls, which will melt during frying. After such a feast, it’s a good idea to brew a three-ingredient infusion for better digestion.

Mrs. Henia Foks, who shares her homemade recipes on YouTube, revealed her recipe for crispy potato balls to her followers. The preparation of this particular dish is straightforward, and the ingredients include potatoes, flour, and herbs. To get crispy potato balls, you must remember to drop the dough into hot oil only. Otherwise, the balls will absorb the contents of the pan and become soft and soaked with oil. If you’re unsure whether the oil is hot enough, drop a small piece of dough into the pan. If it floats to the top, you can start frying. This is Mrs. Henia’s proven method.

It’s worth serving a fragrant cold sauce with these balls. This could be garlic sauce or green herb sauce, which has recently taken social media by storm. Potato balls taste great with homemade ankubens served cold or the almost iconic zucchini ketchup. You can also serve potato balls for dinner instead of potatoes or dumplings. They will be an excellent complement to roast or braised meat.

Ingredients:

                          
• 4 large potatoes
• 30 mL of oil
• 60 mL of cornstarch
• Salt, freshly ground pepper
• Sweet paprika
• Dried rosemary
• Oil for frying

Preparation:

1. Cook the potatoes and mash them.
2. To the potatoes, add oil, cornstarch, salt, freshly ground pepper, sweet paprika, and dried thyme.
3. Knead the mixture thoroughly with your hands. Meanwhile, start heating the oil—enough so that the potato balls are fully submerged during frying.
4. Shape the potato mixture into small balls the size of a walnut.
5. Fry the balls in deep, well-heated oil until golden.
6. Place the fried balls on a plate lined with a paper towel.