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Calas

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Calas are dumplings made primarily from cooked rice, yeast, sugar, eggs and flour, with the resulting batter deep fried. Traditionally served as a breakfast dish alongside coffee or cafe au lait, calas are also called Creole rice fritters or rice doughnuts and appear in most Creole cuisine cookbooks.

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Contains Dairy or Egg 1
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Source Wikipedia: Calas (food)

Uses Ingredient

Rice, Ingredients
Source Wikipedia: Calas (food)
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1. Wikipedia: Calas (food)
  • Lead, first sentence, ingredients
    are dumplings composed primarily of cooked rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour; the resulting batter is deep-fried.
  • Expresses Tradition: Street Food Culture, Section text
    Creole street vendors, typically women, sold the fresh hot calas in New Orleans' French Quarter
  • Uses Ingredient: Rice, lead paragraph
    Calas () are dumplings composed primarily of cooked rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour; the resulting batter is deep-fried.
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