Fresh Pomegranate Juice (Anar Juice)

Preparation

1. Rinse 2 medium to large pomegranate. Slice off the top part thinly.
2. Then cut each pomegranate in 4 parts.
3. Take a bowl of water and place the chopped pomegranates in it.
4. Keep the pomegranates immersed in water and with your fingers remove the pomegranate seeds (arils).
5. The seeds settle down and the white pith floats on top. Remove the pith and discard them.
6. Drain all the water using a strainer.

Making pomegranate juice in a blender

1. Add the pomegranate arils in a blender, grinder or mixer jar. Blend well.
2. Keep in mind that blending and crushing the seeds finely will give a gritty texture in the juice, which later you can strain using a fine mesh strainer. Alternatively you can simply crush the seeds slightly by using the pulse option in the blender or mixer, and extract the juice.
3. Take a pan or bowl and keep a juice strainer on it. Now pour the pomegranate juice in a fine mesh strainer.
4. Using a spoon and stirring it often, extract the juice. Press well so that all juice is extracted
5. Pour the juice in glasses and serve pomegranate juice.
6. If the juice is too strong for you, mix in some water or some other preferred juice, as needed.

Juicing Pomegranate in an electric juicer or slow juicer

1. Prep the pomegranates as listed above. Set aside the arils.
2. In a slow juicer or electric juicer, add the pomegranate arils in the feeder tube and extract the juice.