Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, ash-e-anar (split peas and pomegranate soup with meatballs). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Ash-E-Anar (Split Peas And Pomegranate Soup With Meatballs) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Ash-E-Anar (Split Peas And Pomegranate Soup With Meatballs) is something that I have loved my entire life.

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 get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook 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. Take 250 g chicken breast (minced)
2. Get 3 cups yellow split peas
3. Prepare 2 cups chicken stock
4. Prepare 1 cup fresh parsley (chopped)
5. Make ready 1 cup fresh mint (chopped)
6. Make ready 4 cloves garlic (minced)
7. Prepare 1 medium onion (halved and minced)
8. Get 6 tbsp pomegranate molasses
9. Make ready 1 tbsp turmeric powder
10. Prepare 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper
11. Prepare 2 tsp fennel seeds
12. Make ready 1 tsp cayenne pepper
13. Take 1/2 tsp salt
14. Make ready 1/2 tbsp chicken bouillon
15. Take 5 cups water
16. Take 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.

Instructions 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. 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. Ash E Anar (Pomegranate soup) contains enough vitamins and protein along with minerals to put.

So that’s going to wrap this up for this exceptional food ash-e-anar (split peas and pomegranate soup with meatballs) recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I am sure you can make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!