3 super-easy ways to eat more pomegranates (involving chocolate and cheese!)
I’m a baker at heart, so I’m always thinking about how to incorporate any given ingredient into a cake. When it comes to pomegranates though, I'm a bit stumped.
They feature prominently in Greek and Iranian cuisine. In Turkish dishes, pomegranate juice is used in salad dressings and meat marinades. In Pakistani cuisine, the dried seeds, anardana, are used as a spice in savoury dishes, while fresh pomegranate seeds are usually eaten on their own, or in fruit chaat. They have such a unique flavor and color but sadly are only available for a few months a year; maybe that’s why we haven't been more creative in how we use them in our cooking.
While none of these recipes require cooking and baking, hopefully they’ll give you some ideas and inspire you to get creative in the kitchen.
Pomegranates are good for you too; a good source of Vitamin C, Vitamin K and dietary fiber, which comes from the seeds so don’t spit them out!