Plantain and sweet potato fish cakes

Name: Plantain and sweet potato fish cakes
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 2 kids
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 pre boiled sweet potato; 2 plantains; Handful fried omena (or any precooked fish of your choice); Half onion; 1 grated brocolli stem; Spices (cinnamon and garlic powder; Half an onion; 1 egg; Breadcrumbs

Mello @Melochef

This recipe was inspired by my son who doesn't like eating meat or vegetables, a great way to hide both while offering a simple, delicious meal packed with essential minerals and protein
Omena is a great source of iron, calcium, potassiumand vitamins D and B12

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Ingredients

45 minutes

2 kids

1pre boiled sweet potato
2plantains
Handfulfried omena (or any precooked fish of your choice)
Halfonion
1grated brocolli stem
Spices (cinnamon and garlic powder
Halfan onion
1egg
Breadcrumbs

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Cut the plantain and sweet potato into small pieces (or use a food processor if you have one)
2

Chop up the omena into small pieces too, fired omena is readily available in most supermarkets
3

Saute the onions till they soften(don't brown). Once translucent, add the grated brocolli stem
Note: Brocolli stems contain more calcium, iron and vitamin C compared to the florets
4

Once the sautéed brocolli has cooled, mix it with the sweet potato, plantain and omena. Make into round, flat patties, size of your palm and refrigerate for 30 minutes. It should produce 6- 8 patties
5

Heat cast iron pan on low heat. Beat the egg and set breadcrumbs on a flat plate. Then dip the patties one by one into the egg, then coat both sides with breadcrumbs.
6

Increase heat of pan to medium and fry the fish cakes on both sides till golden brown. Once done, put on a plate line with kitchen tissue to absorb excess oil.
7

Serve with Ketchup or dip of your choice