Calas

Submitted by melting pot

"Deep-fried sweet rice cakes from Louisiana!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 73.94 ml sugar
• 9.85 ml vanilla
• 2.46 ml nutmeg
• 2.46 ml lemon rind
• 2.46 ml salt
• 9.85 ml baking powder
• 225 g cold cooked rice
• 100 g flour
• vegetable oil, to fry
• icing sugar, to serve

directions

1. In a mixing bowl, combine eggs and sugar and beat on high until yellow.
2. Add vanilla, nutmeg, lemon, salt, baking powder and rice. Stir in until well-mixed.
3. Add enough flour to bind ingredients.
4. Heat 7.5 cm/3 inch oil in a pan or wok to 185 degrees Celsius Drop teaspoonfuls of mixture into hot oil - but do not crowd.
5. Fry until golden brown, turning once (about 4 min).
6. Remove from oil, drain, place on kitchen paper and keep warm in oven whilst finishing.
7. Serve sifted with icing sugar.