Appetizers / Soups / Salads

POM Eggplant Relish takes 15 minutes to prepare.

POM Eggplant Relish takes several minutes to cook.

POM Eggplant Relish makes 64 servings.

The ingredients for POM Eggplant Relish are:

Juice from 2 - 3 pomegranates to make 1/3 cup syrup or 1 cup 100% pomegranate juice
1/2 cup arils from 1 large pomegranate
1/3 cup olive oil
1 medium eggplant, peeled and diced into 1/2 inch squares
1 medium red onion, diced small
2 closves minced garlic or 2 tablespoons pre-minced garlic
1 cup tomato juice
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup chopped fresh mint

Here is how you make POM Eggplant Relish:

1. In a large saute pan, heat until hot, but not smoking.2. Add eggplant and cook, stirring, until well-seared and quite soft, 5-7 minutes.3. Reduce heat to medium, add onion and cook, stirring 2-3 minutes.4. Add garlic and continue to stir for 1 minute. 5. Add in tomato juice and pomegranate juice and bring just to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. 6. Remove from heat, season with salt and pepper to taste. 7. Score 1 fresh pomegranate and place in a bowl of water. Break open the pomegranate underwater to free the arils (seed sacs). The arils will sink to the bottom of the bowl and the membrance will float to the top. Sieve and put the arils in a separate bowl. Reserve 1/2 cup of arils from fruit and set aside. (refrigerate or freeze remaining arils for another use.)8. Stir in mint and pomegranate arils and serve hot or col with crackers, bread, or over chicken fish or porkchops. Number of Servings: 64Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user EASYERI.

The nutritional information for POM Eggplant Relish is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 64
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 17.0

• Total Fat: 1.1 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 11.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 1.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
• Protein: 0.2 g