{"id":21443,"date":"2025-12-20T01:51:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21443"},"modified":"2025-12-20T01:51:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:51:35","slug":"how-to-use-dried-pomegranate-seeds-or-anardana-in-stewed-dishes-salads-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21443","title":{"rendered":"How to use dried pomegranate seeds, or anardana, in stewed dishes, salads and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/19\/58b8661f-ea99-45f8-a2a7-bba2530c8768_98100ebb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">When I think of pomegranates, I tend to dwell mostly on the crimson, jewel-like fruit, which looks beautiful when scattered across dishes, giving the food a bright, sweet-tart flavour; it also makes one of the most refreshing juices.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But the seeds and surrounding flesh of sour pomegranates, as opposed to the sweeter types that are eaten fresh, can be dried and used as a sour spice in Indian, Pakistani and Middle Eastern cuisines.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Often called <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">anardana<\/em>, the dried seeds give the familiar pomegranate flavour, but it is deeper, stronger and more complex than that of the fresh fruit. <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Anardana<\/em> is believed to possess all the nutritional benefits of fresh pomegranate, including being an antioxidant and good for <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">lowering cholesterol<\/span> and blood pressure.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Anardana<\/em> is sold as whole seeds \u2013 with the shrivelled flesh \u2013 and ground, in varying degrees of coarseness; the seeds keep their flavour longer. It is used quite sparingly, giving an astringent note to foods.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The seeds remain hard, even when cooked, so if you want to fish them out easily, put them in a disposable filter tea bag before adding them to a stewed or braised dish.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The powder is good when mixed with other seasonings and used as a spice rub for meats, or when sprinkled over salads and dips such as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">hummus<\/span> or baba ganoush.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3336206\/how-use-dried-pomegranate-seeds-or-anardana-stewed-dishes-salads-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I think of pomegranates, I tend to dwell mostly on the crimson, jewel-like fruit, which looks beautiful when scattered across dishes, giving the food&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[13631,100,13629,13630,13633,10343,13632],"class_list":["post-21443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-anardana","tag-dishes","tag-dried","tag-pomegranate","tag-salads","tag-seeds","tag-stewed","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}