Pomegranate Juice Recipe

My homemade Pomegranate Juice is refreshing, delicious, vibrant & bright enough to cheer up anyone. It’s 100% pure with no additives, fillers or any extra liquid added to it. In this post I show how to pick, cut, deseed and juice a fresh pomegranate easily for maximum flavor and yield.

Growing up we had an abundant supply of pomegranates from our farm, backyard, my grandmother’s, uncle’s, aunts’ and every other relative or a friends’ home I knew in the small town & villages nearby.

I’ve fond memories of how my grandmother and great-grandmother would lovingly deseeded and get all of us, kids to eat, warning us not to stain our clothes.

Every part of a pomegranate – rind, white membrane and the arils can stain everything, right from your clothes to countertops, backsplashes and sinks. So before you begin to deseed and juice the arils, it is ideal to cling wrap or a plastic wrap your counter and wear an apron to save your clothes from staining.

If you are new to choosing pomegrantes either from the farmers market or from your own tree, here is a quick guide.

How to pick a right pomegranate

• Pomegranate skin colors can vary and don’t really dictate ripeness.
• Pick one that feels heavy for its size (compared to the others of similar size). A heavier fruit will have more juices.
• Ripe pomegranates should have smooth, glossy skins with no soft or bruised spots.
• Look for flat, angular sides in a ripe pomegranate (it’s the juicy seeds pressing up against the skin). If a pomegranate is perfectly round that means it’s unripe & the arils are not matured yet.

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How to cut and deseed a Pomegranate (stepwise photos)

1. Wash pomegranates under running water. Cut off the crown, the top portion of the pomegranate.

2. Similarly cut down the bottom part of the fruit. This loosens the rind as it looses the strength on both the parts.

3. Remove the top of the pomegranate by cutting a shallow, angled circle around the crown. Wiggle it loose and discard. Make 4 shallow cuts as you see in the picture.

4. Hold 2 of the parts/segments in each hand and gently pull out to separate them. Without messing up, the fruit gets divided to 4 segments. Pomegranates stain the work tops and even the clothes. A few disposable tissues or a kitchen cloth is helpful.

5. Separate each segment.

6. Deseed to a large bowl, they come off easily. Or You may immerse one segment at a time in a large bowl of clean water and remove the pomegranate arils under the water. Once you are done with all the segments, drain the water and remove any rinds.

7. Discard all of the yellow and white membranes from the bowl.

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How to make Pomegranate Juice in blender (Stepwise photos)

If you prefer cold juice, freeze the seeds for some time and then juice them.

1. Add the arils to the blender.

2. Add a pinch of salt and lemon juice if you prefer.

3. Pulse briefly – 10 to 15 seconds, depending on the strength of your blender. You want to make sure the seeds are still mostly intact but the juice around the seeds is released. Crushing the seeds will make the juice gritty and requires to be filtered in a fine strainer like the one I used below.

4. Once the arils are crushed, pour the blender’s contents through a very fine mesh strainer into a bowl to separate the seeds and pulp from the juice. It is important to use a fine strainer if you do not want the juice to be gritty.

5. Press the pulp against the strainer with the back of a spoon or spatula to squeeze out every bit of fresh juice.

6. Because I crushed the seeds pomegranate juice looks frothy. If you want a clear juice, strain it again through a fine strainer or a thin cheese cloth. Consume pomegranate juice fresh before it begins to oxidize. Adding ice cubes dilutes the juice and reduces the taste & the nutrition values as well.

Pomegranate Juice in slow juicer

I use a large piece of ginger as it helps to prevent colds since cold pressed juice is quite cooling to the body. You can skip ginger in summers. I squeeze a large lemon & add a bit of Himalayan salt too into the pitcher.

Pomegranate juice made in a slow juicer is more clear without grits. Drink your pomegranate juice immediately as is, store in the refrigerator for later culinary uses, or dilute with seltzer water.

Expert Tips

• You may store the juice for 4 to 5 days in the refrigerator but it oxidizes. It can also be frozen upto an year.
• I usually store the arils in a air tight glass container in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 days.
• If your pomegranates have been lying for too long on the counter, the skin usually loses moisture and turns dry. It is hard to peel them. Simply soak the whole fruit in cold water for 25 to 30 minutes before you cut and deseed.

Combinations

There are several fruits you can use in combination with pomegranates to juice, especially if you are using a slow juicer. The most popular one is the apple pomegranate combo. So we normally use a lemon or or few oranges or apple while juicing pomegranates in a slow juicer.

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This post was first published in April 2017. Updated in October 2026.