Muhammara, pronounced as moo-hum-mara, is a rich flavoured dip made with walnuts and roasted red pepper. It has a beautiful earthy flavour with a hint of sweetness from the pomegranate molasses and a hit of heat from the paparika and the red chilli powder that go into it. The name actually comes from the red colour of the dip. Muhammara translates to ‘red/reddened’
Muhammara, along with hummus and Baba Ghanoush, is essentially a part of the Middle Eastern/Mediterranean Mezze platter. It is delicious as a sandwich spread too! And an excellent way to feed walnuts to the oh- so-fussy teenagers and kids 😀
You need
A large red pepper/red capsicum, charred on an open flame (alternatively char it under a hot grill)
½ cup of walnuts, chopped coarse
1 small green chilli, chopped fine
A very small onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 Tbsp Pomegranate Molasses (can use 2 Tbsp pomegranate juice and ½ tsp sugar instead, but the molasses really add to the depth of the flavour)
2 Tbsp toasted bread crumbs (Toast the bread slices, cool and run them in the blender)
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp cumin
½ tsp paparika
½ tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp salt (add more if needed)
1 Tbsp olive oil
Char the red pepper over an open flame or grill till the peel has black spots.
Peel and cube.
Put all the ingredients into the mixer and blend into a paste. It should not be too fine. A somewhat grainy consistency is what we are looking at. Check and adjust salt or sweetness if needed.
Serve with nachos, chips, pita fingers or falafels,decorated a sprig of parsley and a tomato or radish rose.
Recipe adapted from Mama’s Lebanese Kitchen with minor changes. An excellent blog for Lebanese/ Middle Easter delights.
CafeGarima 
oh I love this – have just finished rereading a couple of my favourite meditteranean cookbooks and so spotting this is a nice reminder! Lovely pictures
Thanks a ton! I tried quite a few Mediterranean recipes this month and loved them! 😀
🙂 always always very good yes – some of the world’s best food comes from there in my humble opinion
I have to agree! 😀
You’re almost working through my recipe list!!!! I think I should be taking part in this Lebanese event 🙂
Your muhammara looks great x
He he…thanks Elaine. In fact just the Fattoush was for the event participation. I decided to go with the Middle Eastern Cuisine for the blog as April showers have somehow also brought in a spike in temperature here and we are loving the salads,chip and dip and fruit kind of meals 😀
Wonderful! There’s no better cuisine in my eyes 🙂
We love it too!! 😀
Where are you?
I’m in India. In a small riverside town close to Bombay/ Mumbai 😊
Cool! And I’m in a tiny village in the middle of England, how cool is that?? The wonders of the Internet 🙂
Aha!! I’ve lived in Durham for a year 😀
Super cool 😀😀
Very nice! I’ve lived up there too x
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Your Muhammara looks so tasty and flavourful, Garima! 🙂
Thanks a ton dear. Made it for the first time and definitely making more often! 😀
I am loving this Lebanese/Middle Eastern trip of yours. Expect a series of copycat posts. 🙂
Heee! Thanks much ❤️