Coconut-Sweet Potato Patty

• 2 pkgs. mochiko flour
• 1 cup brown sugar (do not pack in cup)
• 2½ cups coconut milk
• 1 cup grated or shredded sweet potatoes

Mix mochiko flour, sugar and potatoes together. Gradually add coconut milk to make a soft dough.

Heat vegetable oil in skillet and drop dough by spoonfuls in hot fat. Cook till both sides are brown.

To Prepare Coconut Milk:

Four cups of coconut milk require 2 coconuts. Punch eyes from nuts, drain the liquid and save. Crack the nut and remove the nut meat. Peel the brown skin from the meat. Cut in small pieces and grate on hand grater or in an electric blender. To each 3 cups of grated coconut meat, add the coconut water and enough boiling water to make 1½ cups liquid. Let stand 15 minutes. Knead with hands and squeeze through two thicknesses of cheesecloth or a poi cloth, squeeze as dry as possible.