It is a traditional Indian sweet made of deep-fried balls of semolina, chhana, milk, ghee and sugar syrup.
Papa rellena is a deep-fried ball of mashed potatoes stuffed with seasoned ground beef, olives and hard-boiled egg.
This favourite restaurant does deep-fried balls of chickpeas and herbs (€5).
Bunuelos are nonpareil: small deep-fried balls of well-seasoned shredded cod in a light batter.
Sweet and sour chicken: deep-fried balls of chicken breast in batter.
Papadi chat is a bite-size salad tucked inside poori, deep-fried hollow balls of dough.
Save some space for the lip-smacking gulab jamuns (deep-fried balls of dough soaked in rose-flavoured syrup).
Falafel - a deep-fried ball or patty made from ground chickpeas, fava beans, or both.
Chefs have discovered arancini, which are breaded, deep-fried balls of risotto and cheese.
A related term, hush puppies, refers to deep-fried balls of cornmeal dough.