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 dogfish (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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