Glycyrrhizin, one of the active components in licorice root, is 50 times sweeter than sugar and gives licorice its characteristic taste. Pure licorice root is also a herbal medicine that, while very effective, carries risk of side-effects at high doses or in susceptible people.
Vegan Cooking and Lifestyle. Vegan Moroccan Bisteeya (aka Bastilla or Pastilla) This recipe comes from the March/April 2012 issue of VegNews magazine. I could not find an online link for it though. Bisteeya is also called Bastilla or Pastilla, and is a favorite Berber dish from Morocco, served at the beginning of special meals. Itâs often made from pigeon, chicken, eggs and chicken fat (yuck).
A common variant substitutes pork for chicken, chayote instead of papaya, or moringa leaves known as marungay or malunggay or kamunggay (in Cebuano), instead of pepper leaves. However, an all-vegetable broth in Cebu with kamunggay in prominence is called utan kamunggay or utan bisaya. bisayÃ¢