Pomegranate

Using tater tots in chaat not only saves time, but gives you an extra crispy texture.

Make your own grenadine from pomegranate juice for flavor-packed cocktails at home.

This flavor-packed nonalcoholic cocktail is delightfully bitter and tart.

Pomegranate juice adds brilliant color and tangy flavor to these easy ice pops. Letting it freeze for a bit before stirring in the yogurt gives each pop a marbled look.

This rum cocktail is a tropical riff on a gingery mule. Pomegranate gives it a lovely tartness, and there’s a refreshing bubble from the soda.

The salad works best with strips of Persian flatbread, but plain tortillas work just as well. The addition of golpar, with its citrusy aroma, really lifts this dish, accentuating the sweetness of the pomegranates and adding a wonderful depth of flavor, so try and track some down if you can.

Herby turkey meatballs get flavored with pistachios, tangy pomegranate, and grape molasses. Serve the meatballs as wraps with lavash and crisp lettuce.

This vibrant, tangy dish is an example of the Moorish influence on Spanish food. It’s also popularly made with quail or duck—another Moorish influence.

Sure, you could use just one kind of potato for this pomegranate-topped side dish, but we love to combine a few. Try orange and purple sweet potatoes plus Yukon Golds. 

Step up your marinade game by soaking lamb chops in tart pomegranate juice and tenderizing kefir. The chops will develop a beautiful caramelization during grilling, thanks to the natural sugars in the marinade.

Sure, you could pour a glass of sparkling Prosecco, but turning it into a celebratory punch rich with fruity, tart pomegranate juice and citrus takes things in an even livelier direction.

Keep a jar of dukkha—a mix of spiced, salted seeds—in the pantry to add life to roasted winter squash or any other simply prepared vegetable.

There are only a few ingredients in this party-friendly pomegranate-rum punch.

Roast halved sweet potatoes and spiced pork chops on one pan, then top with a lemony yogurt sauce, crispy radishes, and tart pomegranate seeds.

This fresh slaw is refreshing, tart, crunchy, and wonderful served alongside grilled chicken.

The yogurt in the marinade, along with the honey and pomegranate molasses in the glaze, will give the chicken lots of color—the dark, charred parts are extra tasty.