Caliente (dish)

Caliente or kalinti is a savory pie consumed in Morocco. It is made of chickpea flour[1] and can include oil, eggs, spices, pepper, and cheese. It is typically sold by the slice by food vendors on carts in lower-income districts.

Street vendor selling caliente in Tangier, Morocco

The dish allegedly originated in Spain;[2] a similar dish, flavored with paprika, has been described as one of the culinary symbols of Gibraltar by Hélène Jawhara Piñer.[3]

Etymology

The name of the dish comes from the Spanish term calentito, meaning hot.[4]

Similar dishes

Similar dishes are found throughout the Mediterranean coast.[5]

References
  1. Moréno, Amédée (1995). Le parler d'Oran & d'Oranie: mémento-lexique, avec anecdotes, histoires & souvenirs de là-bas (in French). Editions J. Gandini. p. 65. ISBN 978-2-906431-22-5.
  2. Baroli, Marc (1992). Algérie, terre d'espérances: colons et immigrants, 1830-1914 (in French). L'Harmattan. p. 178. ISBN 978-2-7384-1615-5.
  3. Piñer, Hélène Jawhara (2021-06-15). Sephardi: Cooking the History. Recipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora, from the 13th Century to Today. Academic Studies Press. ISBN 978-1-64469-533-3.
  4. Dimech, Pierre (2009). Les écrivains algérianistes et leurs modèles: une petite anthologie de la vie quotidienne des Français d'Algérie des années 1890 aux années 1930-- (in French). Atelier Fol'fer. p. 40. ISBN 978-2-35791-008-9.
  5. d'Echon, Emmanuel Guillemain. "Certains l'aiment chaude". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  6. "Calentita". TasteAtlas.
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