Calas

A French food that is similar to a beignet, however it includes rice as the main filling inside of a fried dough pastry shell, instead of fruit or a shell of only sweet dough. Calas are fried rice cakes or fritters that consist of cooked rice, eggs, flour, yeast, and seasonings that are combined, formed into a ball, and fried in hot cooking oil. After the outside is golden brown, the calas are removed and rolled in sugar ready to be served.