Step 1

Cut the cassava and sweet potatoes in big chunks.

Step 2

Put them in a sauce pan and cover them with water.

Step 3

Boil them until they are soft but still firm

Step 4

Drain the water and mash them with a fork or potato masher

Step 5

Add to the warm mashed potatoes the butter, chives, nutmeg, salt, pepper while mashing.

Step 6

Mix the paprika with the flour.

Step 7

Make small balls with them and put them on a plate.

Step 8

Put the flour, beaten egg, breadcrumbs with a dash of paprika in individual bowls.

Step 9

Deep your balls in each of the bowl in this order: flour, egg, breadcrumbs.

Step 10

They must be deep fried. Heat your oil. Make sure the oil is hot before putting them in order to avoid them soaking too much oil.

Step 11

Your croquettes are ready when they turn gold brown. This shouldn’t take more than 2 min.

Step 12

Place them on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.

Step 13

Serve warm.