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Grilled Kingfish (Kalluun)

Grilled Kingfish (Kalluun) — street food from Bosaso, Somalia
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Traders at Bosaso's morning fish market sort and sell yellowfin tuna alongside kingfish within hours of the boats returning to shore.

Whole kingfish and tuna, hauled in each morning at Bosaso's fish market, are split, seasoned with cumin and coriander, and grilled whole over charcoal until the skin crisps and the flesh flakes apart.

Why it's made this way: Bosaso's Gulf of Aden waters are rich with yellowfin tuna, kingfish, and mackerel, and the morning fish market — where traders haggle over the overnight catch — is one of the city's defining scenes.
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