Pomegranate is certainly one of the most difficult fruits to peel.
If you had to list which fruits are the most difficult to peel, pomegranate would definitely be at the top of the list. Even if it could be peeled off, it’s hard to avoid the mess.
Pomegranate seeds are eaten. The juice of the seeds is very red, and you can hardly ever avoid splashing when removing them.
A good pomegranate is red. You can test the ripeness of a pomegranate by pressing the peel. If the skin gives a little, the pomegranate is ripe. It is also worth checking whether the skin of the pomegranate is shiny. When the skin is shiny, the pomegranate should be at its best.
Iman Gharaghozlu eats pomegranates every day even when they are in season. Inka Soveri
Food influencer Iman Gharaghozlu shows in the video above how you peel a pomegranate cleanly and easily.
Gharaghozlu, the co-founder of the Ima and Leena safkaa community, swears by the healthfulness of the pomegranate. It is an important fruit for him, so there is always some available at home during pomegranate season.
The vitamins and antioxidants contained in the fruit are believed to protect cells and strengthen immunity.
Pomegranate has always been associated with beauty, fertility and eternal youth. In Greek mythology, the fruit has even been considered a symbol of immortality and an elixir of life.
It is said that in ancient Greece, the only medicine used was pomegranate. The Egyptians, on the other hand, buried the dead with pomegranates.
– Pomegranate is an important ingredient for me. One fruit turns out to be a surprisingly large amount of food, says Gharaghozlu.
