DISH RESEARCH · Dish
Calas
New Orleans Creole rice fritters with a yeasted batter and cinnamon sugar.
About Calas
Calas are New Orleans Creole rice fritters, historically sold hot as a breakfast street food. This profile follows a yeast-raised version built around cooked long-grain rice rather than a modern baking-powder shortcut.
Rice gives the fritters a gently savoury grain flavour beneath the sugar, while yeast adds light fermentation and lift. Cinnamon warms the sweet coating, and egg enriches and binds the soft batter.
The fritters are small, irregular and deep golden, with crisp ridges around a soft, springy centre. Individual rice grains remain visible inside, giving the crumb more texture than an ordinary doughnut.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Calas
New Orleans Yeast-Raised Rice Calas.
- Warm waterYeast hydration
- Active dry yeastFermented lift
- SugarBatter and coating sweetness
- Cooked long-grain riceCharacteristic grain body
- All-purpose wheat flourFritter structure
- Kosher saltFlavour balance
- Ground cinnamonWarm coating spice
- EggsBinding and richness
- Vegetable oilDeep-frying medium
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Warm water:
- Active dry yeast:
- Sugar:
- Cooked long-grain rice:
- All-purpose wheat flour:
- Kosher salt:
- Ground cinnamon:
- Eggs:
- Vegetable oil: . The source names vegetable oil without identifying its botanical source.
Origins & food traditions
Taste of the South supplies the complete selected yeast-raised New Orleans calas formula: water, active dry yeast, sugar, cooked long-grain rice, all-purpose wheat flour, salt, cinnamon, eggs and vegetable oil. Bon Appetit independently corroborates calas as New Orleans rice fritters and records the older overnight yeast-fermented identity, distinct from modern baking-powder versions.
Countries
- United States
- United StatesCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Louisiana Creole Cuisine
- Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.