Pomegranate is a fruit that originates from Iran. This fruit is mostly found in Asian countries like India, Afghanistan, Malaysia, and other south Asian countries. Pomegranate tree is a short shrub of about 5-8 meters tall. It is necessary to eat pomegranate fruit as this fruit is rich in Vitamin C and Vitamin B5. Pomegranate seeds contain fibers, which are needed by our body to be healthy. However, it is a frustrating and tedious job to eat pomegranate.
Following is some of the tips on how to eat pomegranate in an easy way:
- When you are about to eat pomegranate, it is necessary to select a nice, fresh pomegranate. Select the darkest pink pomegranate amongst all. When a pomegranate is fully ripped, it gets dark pink color. See that the pomegranate, which you select, is heavy. A heavy pomegranate is juicy and a fully ripped one.
- If you are about to buy a pomegranate, see to it that you avoid buying a pomegranate having cracks on the cover. This will be a pomegranate which is over ripened.
- When you get the perfect pomegranate, wash it properly before cutting it.
- Then take a sharp and big knife. As the outer covering of the pomegranate is hard, you will need a sharp knife.
- Then cut the topmost and the bottom part of the pomegranate. On one side there is a pomegranate flower and the other side is the point that connects to the tree.
- While cutting the two edges, see to it that you don’t give it a deep cut. If you give a deep cut to the pomegranate, all the seeds in that area will cut off and will go waste.
- Then give four cuts to the pomegranate in such a way that two cuts are opposite to each other. You will need to cut the pomegranate in four different directions. You will get four pieces out of this pomegranate.
- Now take a big bowl filled with water. You can use tap water for this purpose.
- Put the pomegranate, which you have cut down, in this bowl. And separate all the four pieces.
- While separating these pieces, the pomegranate seeds will sink down in the water.
- When you open every piece, you will see different compartments made inside this fruit. Every compartment is separated by a translucent cover. These compartments are nothing but the dark pink, juicy seeds of the pomegranate.
- For removing the seeds, it is necessary to use hands only. When you use your hands, it is possible to collect the seeds properly and that too without breaking them. If you break the seeds, you will lose all the juicy part of the seeds.
- See to it that all the pink seeds are gathered in the bowl filled with water only. These seeds will sink down in the water and all the remaining skin of the pomegranate will float on the top.
- Then remove off the skin, which is floating on the water. Now, take a strainer and pour the contents from the bowl down this strainer.
- Now what you will get is only the seeds of the pomegranate without any skins. You can use these juicy seeds for many different purposes.
- This was the simple way of eating pomegranate.. You can also make some fresh juice out of the pomegranate seeds.
- Another way of eating pomegranate is mixing it into the salad. This gives nice taste, as well as color. You can add pomegranate seeds in sweet corn or in sprouts, which you have prepared as salad.
These were some of the uses of pomegranate. There are many more dishes where you can use pomegranate seeds and juice. You can find these dishes on internet or in a food preparation book. You can buy a cookery book and prepare many dishes by using pomegranate as the basic ingredient in it. Follow these simple tips and enjoy eating pomegranate.
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