I call it my Breaded potato balls

Hello Everybody,

So I was in my room again, didn't know what to do today then I heard my mum yell "E ma je ki potato yi baje" which means don't let the potatoes go bad. so I went to the kitchen and found out that some of the sweet potatoes had gone bad. I didn't want the rest to go to waste so I started brainstorming. What do I do with these potatoes?
 Then it hit me, I thought about what I did the other day, to boil the potatoes, peel and mash them,  but this time pour the pepper into the mashed potatoes then add shredded chicken (instead of fish) , roll into small balls and fry them, easy right? wait until you actually start. Here's how I started

I got my potatoes, washed and boiled with a little salt until soft

Next I tossed them in a bowl of cold water and peeled them

Mashed them with a wooden spoon. A potato masher would have been a better option here but I don't have one..

Next I got some peppers and a small onion bulb, I used a hand grinder to get this consistency

I seasoned some chicken, boiled and shredded it

Then I added the pepper and chicken to the mashed potatoes and mixed it all together

I took a little chicken stock, added some salt and one stock cube because I didn't want to add too much liquid. I poured the stock into the mashed potatoes and mixed it all together.

 

 

My cousin suggested dissolving the seasoning into the chicken stock before adding to the mashed potatoes, thank God she was with me, I probably would have added the seasoning directly in the mashed potatoes and it wouldn't have mixed in properly and i would have ruined everything 

Next I rolled them into balls and heated some oil in a pan and threw one in

This was where the problem started, after about one minute everything scattered in the oil and looked like this  

Ew right?..sad

Then I remembered watching food network and hearing that eggs serve as binders, so I threw everything back in the bowl cracked in an egg and mixed it all together to see if would work. I forgot to take a picture after cracking in the egg.I fried another one, after about a minute and 30 seconds, it looked like this

It didn't really work...still sad

Then I had a light bulb moment..

I cracked two eggs in a bowl, poured some breadcrumbs in another, then seasoned them both. I dipped the potato balls in the eggs and rolled them in breadcrumbs

 Then I fried them in a deep pan with oil just enough to cover the balls while frying. I fried them for about 3-4 minutes and they turned out perfect. 

Aren't they pretty?

They turned out to be very delicious, my brothers ate them all 

This was very challenging for me but I'm glad it turned out alright in the end.