Comments on: Aubergine and chickpea stew with pomegranate

By: Urban Vegan Tester: Chickpeas with Tomatoes, Eggplant and Kale | Recipe by The Messy Vegetarian Cook

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:04:39 +0000

[...] claimed a firm place on the make again list. Aubergine and chickpea are two of my favourites, and in combination they wow me to kingdom come, so I knew straight away this would be a winner. AKPC_IDS += [...]

By: Kip

Kip — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:47:45 +0000

Glad you liked it and thanks for the rave review. I'll review the recipe when I'm back home to check quantities.

I love the idea of a pomegranate base for a pie! I'm going to experiment when I'm back home next week. Maybe a combination of the molasses and lemon juice, as they go so well together?

By: ChefWanabi

ChefWanabi — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:46:57 +0000

Nothing but raves from us & the leftover taster at my wife's school, except…leftovers? Looking at the volume of ingredients, I decided to use 2 large eggplants (sorry, we're still living in the U.S.) and doubled everything else; we (2) had 2 bowls each for dinner and had only about 1 cup left over. If 1X the recipe “serves 2 as a main”, it leaves me feeling somewhat – gluttonacious?
As an aside, since I had to make the PoMolasses for this, I was wondering: Lemon Meringue Pie is one of my strong points; any guesses or experience with substituting that molasses as the “tartening agent” instead of those citrus fruits?

By: donkeylover

donkeylover — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:25:39 +0000

yep! i love that stuff. i had to make an executive decision to only have it in the house on special occasions because i became WAY out of control.

By: Kip

Kip — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:24:57 +0000

Is that the Purely Decadent stuff? When I'm in the states I eat a tub of that a day and the pomegranate chip is one of my favourites!

Glad you like the recipe. Pomegranate molasses is one of the most amazing discoveries of my life and this is one of my favourite uses. Thanks for passing my stuff along, too!

By: donkeylover

donkeylover — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:02:27 +0000

BTW, I always post your recipes on the weight watchers veg board. your recipes are awesome for folks who are trying to lose weight.

now if i only hadn't sleep eaten that pint of vegan pomegranate chip ice cream…..

By: donkeylover

donkeylover — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:11:00 +0000

so super yum. thanks for this recipe. i made this tonight.

By: Kip

Kip — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:34:37 +0000

I think cumin would be a pretty good addition too (it definitely works well with pomegranate molasses), but certainly isn't necessary to add flavour to this dish.

By: Maija Haavisto

Maija Haavisto — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:33:43 +0000

Sounds tasty. I love pomegranate molasses. I'm almost out of it, but I think I have one tablespoon. But what about spices? No cumin or anything?