Pomegranate Yogurt dessert
About:
Rich, Creamy yogurt, Vanilla flavored pudding tempers the tart-sweet pomegranate compote.
It’s also wonderful as compote to eat for breakfast over Greek yogurt or crepes, or for dessert I love it warm with a little frozen yogurt.
Health Benefits:
Pomegranates are nutritional powerhouses – very high in vitamins and antioxidants that help fight the free radicals that can lead to disease. When they are in season, we eat them a lot, throwing them in salads or on granola, but mainly just snacking on their juicy little seeds or adding them to fresh vegetable juices
Yields-2-3 servings
Preparation time-20 minutes
Setting time-3-4 hours
Ingredients:
For yogurt layer:
- Fat free Greek yogurt/hung curd-1 cup
- Honey/maple syrup-2 tbsp
- Vanilla essence-1 tbsp
For pomegranate compote:
- Pomegranates- 3 large (opened, seeds removed)
- Corn starch/flour-2 tsp
- Water-1/4 cup
- Lemon/lime juice-2 tbsp
- Honey/maple syrup-3 tbsp (adjust as per the taste)
For serving:
- Pomegranate seeds
- Roughly Chopped pistachio
Procedure:
- Grind briefly the pomegranate seeds in a food processor/blender and transfer to a sieve, press down with back of a spoon to extract the juice, discard the seeds.
- Dissolve corn starch in 1/4cup water.
- Whisk in pomegranate juice, maple syrup, corn starch mixture in a medium saucepan and bring it to a boil, add lime juice whisking continuously, boil until the compote slightly thickens
- Turn off the heat and allow it to cool completely.
- And then refrigerate for 2-3hours until completely set.
For yogurt layer:
- Put the yogurt, vanilla essence and maple syrup together in a bowl and whisk until well combined.
For serving:
- Take two glasses and spoon pomegranate jelly/compote in the bottom of the glass.
- Carefully spoon the yogurt mixture on top of the pomegranate compote.
- Spoon the pomegranate seeds and pistachio on top.
Note:
- I used corn starch in compote to make it a thicker and help to reduce the boiling time- you can skip corn starch and cook the pomegranate juice for little longer time until it thickens.
- Honey/maple syrup can be replaced with sugar or any sweetener of choice.
- I used freshly pressed pomegranate juice – store bought one can also be used.
- If your yogurt is not thick enough just hung it for 1-2 hours to remove the liquid content from it.
Posted on June 11, 2015, in Breakfast, Breakfast, Dessert, Indian, International, Juices/Beverages, Sweets and tagged Cream free dessert, Greek yogurt fruit compote dessert, low - sugar desserts, pom yogurt desset, pomegranate - yogurt pudding, summer desserts. Bookmark the permalink. 26 Comments.
Just in time for the summer!
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I second you. .. Thank you Chris…
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Looks really yummy, Chitra! I love the combination of pistachios and pomegranite seeds. It’s so nice when something so sweet and beautiful is healthy for you too!
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Thank you Shari… thatz my favorite combo as well, this was delicious indeed..glad you liked it. ….
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Sounds so delicious, Chitra! And it looks gorgeous too. I love pomegranates so will try this for sure!
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Thank you Sandhya. … please let me know when you get to try…. good day…
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Sure, Chitra!
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As a child, in season, I would spend my bus fare on a pomegranate, the seeds of which I prised out with a pin
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so nice to hear such creative mind Derrick…Glad to hear your childhood stories….
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Its so beautiful and new. Love your presentation always 🙂
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Thank you Kushi for your encouraging words. …
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Looks yummy!
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Thanx a lot… 🙂
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I wonder can you use pom juice in place of an actual pomegranate.
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LFFL – That’s a good idea to think about using juice. Think using juice will increase cooking time and requires an added thicking agent like Veggie Gel/Corn starch..(Gelatin is also an option for a non-vegetarian)…
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Superb Chitra 🙂
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Thank you Linda….
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This looks so delicious!! Love it. I have nominated you for the Liebster Award. Do check out my post 🙂
https://smilingnotes.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/nominated-for-liebster-award/#more-324
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this looks amazing
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Thank you soooo much… have a beautiful Sunday. … 🙂
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Grt clicks C:-) drink looks so appetizing
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Thank you V for your lovely words…. 🙂
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beautiful ❤
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Thank you Charu… ❤
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This is gorgeous
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Thank you Ritu…
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