Street Cart · Chickpea Flour Pie
Kalinti (Chickpea Flour Pie)
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It's essentially the same dish as calentita, the national dish of Gibraltar just across the Strait — proof of how closely the food cultures on both sides of the water are linked.
A batter of chickpea flour, water, and olive oil is baked in a wide pan until it sets into a dense, custard-like square, then sliced and sold warm from street carts, sometimes dusted with cumin. It's a common quick breakfast or snack in Tangier and along the northern coast.
Why it's made this way: Chickpea-flour bakes like this appear on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar under different names, reflecting centuries of trade and movement between northern Morocco and southern Spain.
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