Ash-E-Anar (Split Peas And Pomegranate Soup With Meatballs)
Ash-E-Anar (Split Peas And Pomegranate Soup With Meatballs)

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The Pomegranate soup from The New Persian Kitchen is outstanding with sweet and tart broth and savory beef (or lamb) meatballs. Then add the split peas and stock. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have ash-e-anar (split peas and pomegranate soup with meatballs) using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Ash-E-Anar (Split Peas And Pomegranate Soup With Meatballs):
  1. Prepare 250 g chicken breast (minced)
  2. Take 3 cups yellow split peas
  3. Get 2 cups chicken stock
  4. Get 1 cup fresh parsley (chopped)
  5. Make ready 1 cup fresh mint (chopped)
  6. Make ready 4 cloves garlic (minced)
  7. Take 1 medium onion (halved and minced)
  8. Take 6 tbsp pomegranate molasses
  9. Get 1 tbsp turmeric powder
  10. Prepare 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper
  11. Get 2 tsp fennel seeds
  12. Prepare 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  13. Take 1/2 tsp salt
  14. Prepare 1/2 tbsp chicken bouillon
  15. Get 5 cups water
  16. Make ready 3 tbs olive flaxseed oil

Throw in the split peas and stir-fry. Ash Anar translates to 'pomegranate soup.' It does not contain pomegranate fruit, but the liquid concentrate. This version of ash anar is a vegan soup and gets its protein from yellow split peas. Some use ground beef or ground lamb, even dropping in small meatballs.

Steps to make Ash-E-Anar (Split Peas And Pomegranate Soup With Meatballs):
  1. On a heated pan or pot, add a tablespoon oil, toss in half the onion and fry until translucent. Add garlic and fry for about 2 minutes.
  2. Add the split peas and stir for 2 minutes. Add the turmeric, fennel seeds, cayenne, chicken bouillon, chicken stock and water. Cover and bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and allow to simmer for 1 hour 10 minutes.
  3. Combine the chicken breast, mint, parsley, onion, salt, black pepper and stir until well incorporated. Shape into small round balls (about 12 small balls). Add 2 tbsp oil in a heated pan and toss in the meatballs until they’re browned on each sides (about 8 minutes).
  4. Add the pomegranate molasses and meatballs to the cooking pot in step 2 (after the simmering time has been exhausted). Stir, cover and continue to simmer for additional 20 minutes.

Place your seasoned meatballs on top of the onion, garlic, split peas, and rice. Brown them to seal in the flavor by sprinkling a bit more salt on them. Pomegranate Soup or Ash e Anar is a traditional Iranian soup. Pomegranate is or was considered a divine fruit in ancient Persia. This recipe, a typical Persian food contains fresh herbs and pomegranate.

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