Pomegranates Soup- It’s Not Weird as It Sounds

 Rosh Hashanah is one of my favorite holidays. Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the new Jewish year.
In Judaism on Rosh Hashanah there is room for thought, for setting goals and targets, and according to tradition, every person’s fate for the next year is determined on this day.
We are a large family, about 30 members around the e holiday table. My mother “conducts on” a luxurious and rich menu, that suits everyone’s craving. And I’m next to my mother in the kitchen.
My first assignment, every Rosh Hashanah, was to open up all the pomegranates, and to put all the seeds in a bowl. Of course this was done outside on the balcony (god forbids the house would get dirty). I would sit with about 20 pomegranates on the porch of my parents’ house and patiently dismantled all them. Sometimes Guy, my nephew, would sit next to me and eat grains from the bowl and point out that he was “just helping”.
Yes, I feel a little bit a homesick around the holidays…

A pomegranate is not only a particularly royalty fruit, with its magnificent crown and fancy color, it is also insanely healthy!!
On Rosh Hashanah, whenever we eat pomegranate we ask G-d “to increase our rights as many as the number of the seeds of a pomegranate.”
A Pomegranate contains loads of good stuff or if you prefer “rights”. It is packed with vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, phosphorus, a variety of other vitamins besides vitamin C (such as vitamin K, E, B), antioxidants and fibers. Thanks to its many virtues, it has been found to be a significant weapon against many diseases: it slows down the growth of cancer cells, helps lower cholesterol and lowers blood pressure.
And in the right season I make sure to consume it in every possible way! Salads / casseroles / desserts – and just like that in a bowl with a teaspoon, It is healthy as much as it is tasty!!

 How to dismantle a pomegranate?

Cut off its “crown” and the bottom part and make a cut on both sides of it.  Split the pomegranate over a bowl (with your hands- not with knife). Using your hand, begin to empty the fruit into a bowL. Yes, it can take some time and it can get dirty but it’s worth it. I recommend to put on a shirt or an apron because the stains of pomegranate are irremovable.

So a pomegranate soup may sound strange but this is one of my favorite dishes. I decided to cook it myself this year.

Pomegranates Soup

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Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 7-8 pomegranates or 4-5 cups of bottled 100 % real pomegranate juice.
• 2 cups of water
• 3/4 cup of washed rice
• 5-6 quinces or green apples (Grand Smith)
• 2 bunches of coriander
• 1 Tablespoon of coconut oil
• Salt to taste
• 2-3 dry Persian lemons (optional)

Instructions

1

If you use pomegranates, squeeze them and put the juice in the pot with 2 cups of water and bring to a boil.

2

Peel the quinces apples and cut them into coarse cubes and add them to the pot.

3

Chop the coriander and add it together with the rice, the oil and the rest of the spices to the pot. Bring to a boil and simmer. Cook for another 20 minutes.

Notes

You can eat it cold or hot - either way, it's perfect.

Happy holiday and have the most perfect (jewish) year ever🍎🍯

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