Try these yucca stuffed fritters from Panjaz Panamanian Cuisine | SA Live | KSAT 12

yucca

🥗Healthier: cauliflower

💰Cheaper: potatoes

Cauliflower is lower in carbs, while potatoes are more accessible.

sweet potatoes

🥗Healthier: butternut squash

💰Cheaper: regular potatoes

Butternut squash is lower in sugar, while regular potatoes are more economical.

Boil the yucca until soft.

Mash the boiled yucca until it becomes a dough.

Flatten out a portion of the yucca dough.

Add a filling made of ground beef, scotch bonnet peppers, bell peppers, curry powder, and garlic to the center of the flattened dough.

Fold the dough over the filling and seal the edges to hide the seam.

Deep fry the stuffed yucca fritters until golden brown.

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