Sweet potato(Shakarkand) mithaai / mishti aloor puli(bengali)

..Ingredients:
1. sweet potatoes-1kg
2. refined flour-100gms
3. oil for frying
4. baking powder -1pinch

for sugar syrup:
1.sugar-2 ½ cup
2.water-1 cup
3.cardamom-5(crushed)

procedure::
Boil the sweet potatoes and let it cool. Peel off the skin and mash them. Add the flour and baking powder and make a dough. Now make small balls out of it. Heat 2 cups of oil and now fry the balls until golden brown in colour. Meanwhile, take water and sugar in a pan and bring to boil, stirring from time to time. Add cardamoms and cook till the syrup reaches a 1 string consistency. Turn off the gas and add the fried balls to the syrup. Let it cool and keep aside until the balls totally soak the syrup.
* note: the balls must be warm while soaking them in hot syrup.