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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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
Prepared By Technique: Deep Frying, Lead sentence
cooked rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour; the resulting batter is deep-fried.
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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