Pomegranates are a regular sight at fruit vendors and in the fruit section in supermarkets here in Kochi. We get a variety of pomegranate called “Kabuli” (maybe because they come from Kabul or maybe this variety is originally from thereabouts). This pomegranate has deep ruby red arils and is very sweet and juicy.
We eat the fruit as it is or I add it to salads (gives them a nice sweet and crunchy note) or make “raita” (an Indian yogurt based salad) to serve with parathas or pulav/ biriyani.
When I discovered that this month’s AFAM was pomegranate, I wanted to see if anything different could be made. Google came to rescue, of course, and I found a few recipes I could make. Of these a pomegranate ginger muffin and a pomegranate banana pistachio bread at the POMWonderful site caught my fancy, simply because they were vegetarian and I had the required ingredients at home.
I love bananas but somehow do not like the taste of them in baked food. So I took a bit out of both recipes and made some little additions and subtractions and came up with this recipe.
Verdict : The muffins were a little more moist than usual and this is probably because of the pomegranate. While we decided that they were not bad, we unanimously voted to keep our muffins free of pomegranate in future. We will definitely continue eating our pomegranates in our earlier established fashion!
Eggless Pomegranate Apple Walnut Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup pomegranate arils
- 3/4 cup apple lemon juice grated + 1 xbd tsp
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup walnuts chopped
- 2 tsps baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- Sieve together the flours and baking powder into a bowl. Add the salt, and sugar and mix well. Now add the pomegranate, walnuts and mix. Add the apple and lemon juice. Pour in the milk and oil.
- Fold the mixture very lightly till everything is just mixed. Overmixing will spoil the texture of the muffins.
- Spoon batter into greased muffin cups/ pans and bake at 200C for about 15 -20 minutes till the tops are golden brown. Cool muffins in the cups for about 10 minutes, remove and cool on a rack.
- This recipe gave me 10 domed muffins. My muffin cups are slightly bigger and I filled them with batter so they would be domed. With smaller muffin tins you should get 12 muffins.
Notes
I'm Aparna and My Diverse Kitchen is my ovo-lacto vegetarian food blog where you'll find recipes, food stories & photography. I've been blogging since 2007 and believe the kitchen, and the dining table (by extension) is really the heart of a home. 
Aparna, thank you for the entry. They look nice and I somehow am attracted to the faint pink depressions in the muffins where the arils have separated from them!
Beautiful Muffins Aparna, a great entry for the event…
i think this is quite similar to sunita’s entry 🙂 i had plans to bake a pom pound cake but became lazy in the last minute 😀
wow!!!these muffins are awesome !!!great entry for the event!!!
I have never tried adding POM in baking. I love this idea as I always look for eggless recipes. Hey, that is also hatrick of events.
You can add half a banana for a better rise. Thanks for the entry, Aparna.
That looks gorgeous and a great egg less recipe. Thanks for sharing.
The muffins look lovely….poms in them..err…will go by your verdict! 🙂
Hi Aparna, what awesome looking muffins!!! I like the sound of adding pomegranate to the mix.Rosie x
pomegranate in muffins yummyyyyyyyy
Muffins looks great.
Hey you are perfect….your muffen looks really nice…my mouth is watering now..Thanks for sharing
Lovely they are Aparna. Apple in muffins give a nice texture always. Viji
Ooh, these sound fabulous. Really, Aparna, I can’t wait to try them.
i am amazed to see how pom ariles still retained their moistness and colour. wonderful entry.
They do look beautiful, I agree and I was also surprised that the pomegranate stayed moist. Do try themout and you could be surprised.
Hi aparnaLooks yummy!! i’ve never tasted pom & apple muffins. will try it :)Thanks you for participated in my kid’s event.-vanamala
that’s innovative for sure:) I’m not too sure about pomegranates in muffins though:)
Sra and Vanamala,Glad you liked them and you’re welcome.Sig, Nags, Deepa,Rachel, Rosie, Sagari, HC, Angel, Viji, Susan, and Sia,Thanks, never thought about adding pom to muffins till now.RCs and Mythreyee,I also tend to avoid using eggs if I can.Suganya,I don’t particularly like bananas in baked food even though I love bananas.:)Mansi,Pom in muffins are not bad, just my personal preference would be not to add them to the muffin.
Ur welcome!!!
Hi,
What is an xbd cup? Or xbe cup?!
Sorry about that. The mistake was with formatting. The amounts have been corrected.