Comments on: Muhammara: It’s Vegan, It’s Good For You and It’s Damned Sexy

By: LAj

LAj — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:18:48 +0000

“You will notice that I don’t puree everything into a paste–I like my muhammara to have texture. I not only add some fresh green and red bell pepper, chopped finely, but I also only roughly chop some of the walnuts. This just makes the dip that much more interesting to eat.”

This is what I was looking for “MUHAMMARA”!

Thank you for sharing.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:30:38 +0000

Luggage, vegan just means that all of the ingredients are vegetable in origin. There are no animal-based ingredients in this recipe, hence, it is vegan.

There are different types of vegetarians, of which vegans are one type, but I am not aware that there are different sorts of vegans.

By: luggage

luggage — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:18:39 +0000

I’m interested in knowing if “Vegan” means that ALL the ingredients here are Vegan – the chili’s, the pepper etc. How does Vegan work? I know that there are different kinds of Vegans, and most certainly it would be good for someone to know that before doing a recipe. This does look delicious, though. Really delicious. I really must take a look at it and give it a try sometime soon – simply delicious.

By: bilard

bilard — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:16:24 +0000

Great and excellent article it’s realy helpful. Thanks again.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:21:07 +0000

Mamlambo – ‘hamra’ means ‘red’ in Arabic as well, and (as I’m sure you know) the ‘mu’ prefix usually is attached to a noun or adjective to indicate someone who does, or is, that. So…to use the first word that comes to mind, ‘tarjama’ is a translation, and ‘mutarjama’ is a translator, and if you do the same to ‘hamra’ you come up with ‘muhammra,’ something with the quality of red, and it’s a small step from there to ‘muhammara’, voila, as Mamlambo points out, ‘the red (dish)’.

And that’s your Arabic linguistics lesson for today : )