Want to cut pomegranate? Methods on how to do it correctly, quickly and beautifully, as well as tips on applying crusts
Cleaning pomegranates is not easy if you want to avoid the appearance of juicy splashes on all nearby surfaces, preserve the attractive appearance of the fruit and do it as quickly as possible. But what to do? There must be a way out! And he definitely is! We will tell further.
To begin with, the fruit is thoroughly washed with running water, then put on an apron and begin to produce delicious grains. Let's consider in more detail how else you can chop a juicy pomegranate.
How to quickly and beautifully cut fruit at home: instructions step by step
Shredding a dense peel at random is a direct path to a copious flow of juice, crushed and cut grains, and painful harvesting. This is easy to avoid if you know how the pomegranate works.
The ribs that protect the contents of the fruit from damage are arranged in a specific order. Having carefully examined and felt the fruit, it is easy to determine where the veins are located, separating sections from grains from each other.Follow the instructions to cut grenades effortlesslywhile preserving the integrity of the nucleoli.
Shock method
It does not require special training, special knowledge and tools. Everything will work out even with a kitchen knife and a deep bowl. This option does not imply a beautiful appearance of the fruit after cutting, it is good for those cases when the grains need to be added to the salad, decorate them with dessert, just sent to a juicer. When preparing juice, remember that in concentrated form it can be harmful, dilute with water - a necessary measure.
The top of the head is cut off from the fruit - the place where once there was a flower, and now there is a jagged "crown".
The immersion depth of the blade is not less than a centimeter, since the veins should be well visible in the slice.Next, follow the algorithm:
- Having cut off the crown, lay it aside, carefully examine the opened pattern of the ribs, determining their location.
- The skin should be cut from the top of the fetus from top to bottom, slightly not reaching the base, the cut lines pass exactly along the veins.
- The penetration depth of the blade is about a centimeter, so that the edges of the skin can easily be moved apart.
- Having walked with a knife along all the ribs of the fetus, it is turned down with its crown directly above the prepared bowl and the edges of the cuts are slightly pushed apart.
- With the handle of a knife or a spoon, they begin to tap evenly, rhythmically on the skin, making sure that the grains inside move from their places, begin to sleep.
- Do not be afraid to damage the contents - this is not easy to do, nature has created a system of partitions that very successfully protect the grains from pressure from the outside.
- For optimal results, you must methodically "tap" the entire surface of the pomegranate, trying not to raise the fruit too high, otherwise the grains will fly past the bowl.
In this manner Pomegranate nucleolus production will pass quickly - for a few minutes. A few attempts will be enough to adapt and confidently cope with the task.
We suggest watching a video on how to clean grenades using the shock method:
Beautiful pitch
This method is almost no different from the previous one. To begin with, cut off the top of the head as described above and determine the location of the ribs of the fetus. Following actions:
- Make cuts along the veins from the crown to the base.
- The depth should be such as to see the grains inside.
- Carefully, trying not to damage the integrity of the sections with grains, open the grenades with slow movements.
- Evenly spreading the resulting "petals", remove the veins, partitions.
We suggest watching a video on how to clean pomegranates:
Underwater cleanliness
This method is suitable for those who have sensitive skin of their hands or do not want to spoil fresh manicure with pomegranate juice - it is not easy to wipe it off. The preparation is quite simple - they draw water into a deep bowl, the temperature of the liquid is slightly colder than room temperature. Procedure:
- Cut off the crown of the fetus so that you see how the partitions are located.
- Put the pomegranate in water, completely drowning it.
- Take out after half an hour.
- Place an empty deep bowl under the tap.
- Open the water and gently unfold the fruit into slices under a stream of water.
- A stream of water will help flush grains directly into the bowl.
- Drain and select slices of veins.
If you need to cut the fruit quickly and there is no time for soaking, peel the fruit simply in a deep cup filled with water. Submerging the hands with the fetus in the liquid, unfold the previously cut fruit, allowing the husk to float up, and the grains to sink to the bottom. Then the water is drained along with the peel, and the nucleoli are cleaned of the remnants of the partitions. In this case, the hands do not suffer from splashes of juice.
We suggest watching a video on how to clean pomegranate in water:
Sectional photo of fruit
Further on the photo you can see how the grenade looks in section.
Advice
- If the kitchen surface and the wooden cutting board were stained with pomegranate juice when extracting the seeds, then the traces are easily removed with a swab soaked in lemon juice or table vinegar.
- When cutting the fruit over the sink, avoid dropping water on the floor or walls.
- It is advisable to use a sharp knife with a narrow tip - this will facilitate the process.
- Removing the crown, keep the knife at an angle, going deeper to the middle of the fetus. The cut part, when taken correctly, resembles a cone with the tip pointing down.
- To achieve a stable position of the pomegranate, it is enough to cut off the skin with a thickness of 5-6 mm from the base, getting an even cut.
- To facilitate the process, you need to make at least 6 cuts along the ribs.
Using crusts
White soft internal partitions and veins of pomegranate have no value, in folk medicine use only a superficial hard peel. After collecting it and cleaning it from loose flesh, it is washed with running water and dried in a well-ventilated place, without direct sunlight. A decoction of dry crusts is prepared in a water bath, pouring a spoonful of raw materials with a glass of boiling water. After 15 minutes of languor, the medicine is infused for about 4 hours.
It is necessary to remember about the content of alkaloids in the crusts - poisonous compounds with unlimited use of the decoction lead to poisoning.Pomegranate skin treated:
- diarrhea;
- worm infection;
- inflamed wounds.
We suggest watching a video about the use of pomegranate peels:
Pomegranate cleaning and cutting is not such a difficult process, you just follow the recommendations. Having learned to masterfully cut the fruit, please and surprise loved ones, treat your friends with a vitamin dessert often and with pleasure.