Seeds of pomegranate not only are tasty, but also are very useful, this fruit contains the richest complex of vitamins and minerals. But, before reaching tart ruby grains, it is necessary to peel pomegranate – and it often causes difficulties. A peel at it firm, and grains in the course of cleaning burst, splashing everything dark juice around. But there are ways allowing to peel pomegranate quickly and without splashes.
Sukhoi way of cleaning of pomegranate
Wash pomegranate. A sharp knife make a circular cut in the top part of a fruit, having receded from a fruit stem on 2-3 centimeters – such completely to cut through a peel, but not to damage at the same time the grains hidden a baking plate by it. Then, having taken pomegranate in a hand, pull for a fruit stem. At ripe pomegranate "lid" will depart without special work. However, if you aren't sure of the ability to accurately separate a fruit stem, you can just decrown a fruit. In that case it is necessary to cut pomegranate on a flat plate or on a plastic or glass cutting board. It is better not to use wooden boards: at this operation of grenades "will give" a little juice and to wash it from a tree it will be problematic.
Having removed a top, you will see that garnet grains are separated from each other by light streaks. Make along these a streak vertical cuts – so that the peel was divided into segments. You don't reach the bottom, leave 3-4 centimeters of a peel uncut.
Take a deep bowl, turn pomegranate a cut down and, holding a fruit suspended, tap on a fruit peel with a tablespoon. Garnet grains will begin to separate from membranes and to fall in a bowl. Soon you in hands will have only become empty peel.
How to peel pomegranate under water
Prepare pomegranate as well as the last way – remove a top and make cuts along the membranes dividing grains.
Pour cold water in a deep bowl and ship a fruit a cut there down. After that begin to divide fingers pomegranate into segments and to separate grains from a peel and membranes.
In process of cleaning the heavy kernels will fall by a bottom, and lighter pieces of a peel and a mebmran will emerge on a surface. Remove the emerged garbage then filter water through a colander: in it there will be only garnet grains.
If to clean pomegranate under water, then it will allow to get rid completely of risk to splash kitchen with pomegranate juice, but the probability to injure gentle kernels in that case after all above, than at "dry cleaning".