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Niche Topics (Food and Drinks) offers a large collection of delicious food and drink recipes to help you decide what to cook, whether it’s a family dinner, lunchbox for the kids, or entertaining friends at home. Each recipe promises a completely different taste experience, and all are really easy-to-make.

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Steamed Butter Cake

Perfect combination of rich butter flavor and subtle milk taste that’s really inviting. Easy-to-make, truly delicious and super moist butter cake.

Quick Snack Recipes – Green Tea Sweet Potato Balls

By Kate Miller

If you love sweet potato and usually have them whole and roasted, allow me to tempt you with a super delicious and really interesting twist – green tea mashed sweet potato balls.

Lightly perfumed with green tea fragrance and garnished with crunchy walnuts, these cute yet easy-to-make nibbles are the ultimate "to-die-for" healthy snacks. The combination of 3 superfoods – sweet potato, green tea and walnuts – are sure to boost the nutritive value of your homemade snacks. That's a good enough reason to have second (and third) helpings without guilt!!

Its beautiful emerald color makes an elegant dessert for entertaining your loved ones. You can also enjoy them as a light lunch.

Mashed Sweet Potato Green Tea Balls Recipe

(makes 20)

Ingredients:

1⅔ lbs sweet potatoes, including skin (you should get about 1lb when mashed)

1 cup sugar (or slightly less)

a few drops vanilla extract

green tea powder

1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped

How to make sweet potato balls

1. Wash sweet potatoes and cut them into ¾" thick slices.

2. Pare thickly and soak in water for 25-30 minutes.

3. Place sweet potato slices on a rack into a hot steamer with boiling water. Steam until tender.

4. Strain through a sieve whit they are still warm.

5. Place mashed sweet potato and sugar in a large saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring continuously, until smooth.

6. Remove the saucepan from heat and allow to cool.

7. Dissolve powered green tea in hot water, accordingly to package instructions.

8. Add green tea mixture and vanilla extract to sweet potato. Stir well to combine.

9. Shape into balls or ovals. Garnish with chopped walnuts. Enjoy!