Kalinté — Tangier, Morocco

Kalinté — calentita in Spanish, karane in Oujda — is Tangier's street snack. A batter of chickpea flour, water, oil, and eggs, poured into a large round pan and baked until the top browns and cracks. The vendor cuts it into diamonds, tucks it into bread with cumin and chili powder, or serves it plain on a square of paper. Its name comes from the Spanish "caliente," hot: it is eaten straight out of the oven. It arrived with the Andalusians and the Spanish and Jewish communities of the north, and both Tangier and Tetouan claim it as their own.