Fish Couscous · Coastal Twist

Kuskusu bil Hut

Photo: Tarek Siala / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Instead of the usual lamb or chicken, the steamed semolina here sits over a stew built entirely from the day's fish catch.

Fine semolina couscous is steamed over a simmering pot of tomato-based fish stew — often made with shark-like kalb el bahr or other local Mediterranean catch — and served together with the broth spooned over the grain.

Why it's made this way: As a working fishing port, Misrata puts its own coastal spin on Libya's national grain dish, swapping the usual meat for fish landed the same day.

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