Pomegranate soup

{{Short description|Iranian soup}} __NOTOC__ {{Infobox food | name = Pomegranate soup | image = Asheanar.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = A bowl of ''āsh-e anār'' | country = {{IRN}} | national_cuisine = Iranian cuisine | course = | type = Āsh | served = | main_ingredient = Pomegranate juice and seeds, yellow split peas, mint leaves, spices | variations = | calories = | other = }} '''Pomegranate soup'''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19C3DnJyWE0C&dq=%22ash-e-anar%22&pg=PA44 |title=A Taste of Persia: An Introduction to Persian Cooking |publisher=I.B.Tauris|author=Najmieh Batmanglij |date=2007 |page=44 |isbn=978-1-84511-437-4 |author-link=Najmieh Batmanglij }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GOidnQOUco0C&dq=%22ash-e-anar%22&pg=PA25 |title=Persian cooking |publisher=Ibex Publishers, Inc.|author=Nesta Ramazani |date=1997 |page=25 |isbn=0-936347-77-5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4k0NLEBiDsC&dq=%22ash-e-anar%22&pg=PA129 |title=Persian phrasebook |publisher=Lonely Planet |author=Yavar Dehghani |date=2001 |page=129 |isbn=0-86442-581-3 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/worldcookbookfor0000jaco|url-access=registration|quote=Pomegranate soup -Marsha.|title=The World Cookbook for Students |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |author=Jeanne Jacob |author2=Michael Ashkenazi |date=2007 |page=[https://archive.org/details/worldcookbookfor0000jaco/page/2 2] |isbn=978-0-313-33455-9 }}</ref>{{efn|{{langx|fa|آش انار|Āsh-e-anār}}; {{langx|tg|Оши анор}}; {{langx|az-Arab|انار آشی}}, {{lang|az-Latn|Anar aşı}}; Mazandarani: اسپاش انار او, ''Aspāsh enār ow''; {{langx|tr|Nardan aşı}}; {{langx|ar|شوربة رمان}} ''Shōrbat rummān''}} is an Iranian dish made from pomegranate juice and seeds, yellow split peas, mint leaves, spices, and other ingredients. It is regarded as an āsh, which is the Iranian term for a "thick soup".<ref name="IranicaAS">{{cite encyclopedia |last= Elāhī |first= ʿE| title=ĀŠ (thick soup), the general term for a traditional Iranian dish comparable to the French potage.| encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Iranica | access-date=2016-02-08|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/as-2}}</ref> This soup has different forms in Iran.

==See also== *List of soups *Çorba

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==External links== *[http://habeasbrulee.com/2006/12/08/persian-pomegranate-soup-ash-e-anar/ ''Ash-e anar'' recipe]

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