Ash-e anar
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Iranian cuisine
Iranian cuisine is diverse, with each province featuring dishes, culinary traditions and styles distinct to its region.It includes a wide variety of foods ranging from chelo kabab , khoresht Iranian cuisine is diverse, with each province featuring dishes, culinary traditions and styles distinct to...
and Iraqi
Iraqi cuisine
Iraqi cuisine or Mesopotamian cuisine has a long history going back some 10,000 years - to the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians. Tablets found in ancient ruins in Iraq show recipes prepared in the temples during religious festivals - the first cookbooks in the world...
soup (ash
Ash (Persian food)
Ash is part of Iranian cuisine, similar to soup but thicker, which is usually served hot. Depending on the type of ash, it could contain different types of grain, legumes , vegetables, herbs , onions, oil, meat, garlic, reshteh and spices, such as salt, pepper,...
) made from pomegranate juice
Pomegranate juice
Pomegranate juice is made from the fruit of the pomegranate. It is used in cooking both as a fresh juice and as a concentrated syrup, particularly in Persian cuisine.-Possible health benefits and risks:...
and seeds, yellow split peas, ground beef
Ground beef
Beef mince, ground beef, hamburger meat , hamburg or minced meat is a minced meat food, made of beef finely chopped by a mincer. It is used in many recipes including hamburgers and cottage pie...
, mint
Mentha
Mentha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae . The species are not clearly distinct and estimates of the number of species varies from 13 to 18. Hybridization between some of the species occurs naturally...
leaves, spices, and other ingredients. It is called Āsh-e anār in Iran and Shorbat Rumman in Iraq.
The Iranian American novelist Marsha Mehran wrote a 2006 novel entitled Pomegranate Soup. The book contains a recipe for ash-e anar.