Anaar or pomegranate lassi is a smoothie made using curd or yogurt. It is full of anti-oxidants, has potent anti-cancer and immune supporting effects and more. It is easy to make and rather delicious especially in this scorching summer. You will love it for sure but so will your kids. Let's go through some of the benefits it has then head to the recipes.
Health Benefits Of Pomegranate
- It helps prevent heart attacks, strokes and embolic disease.
- Is Full of anti-oxidants thus helps in slowing down ageing.
- Reduces the damage caused by cholesterol.
- It lowers blood pressure.
- May have benefits to relieve or protect against depression and osteoporosis.
- Pomegranates are great for clearing up the skin during a pre-menstrual break-out or as it reduces skin inflammation when you’ve got your period.
- It also promotes healthy blood circulation and supplies iron to the blood.
Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup of pomegranate seeds
- 1 cup of thick curd
- Pinch of cardamom powder
- 2 tablespoon honey or sugar
- ½ teaspoon kewra essence or rose water
- A few pistachios to garnish
- A few pomegranate seeds to garnish
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Method
- Grind the pomegranate seeds in a mixer jar.
- Sieve the juice to get rid of any crushed seeds.
- Chop few pistachios and save rest for garnishing.
- Now in a big mixer bowl add curd, pomegranate juice, pistachios, cardamom and honey.
- Mix everything thoroughly with a whisk.
- For this step you can also use hand blender, it makes blending easy.
- Now you will see that froth has formed on the top of the lassi and that's the correct stage. Pour into individual glasses.
- Garnish with crushed Pistachios and few pomegranate seeds.
- Serve it chilled.
Pomegranate Lassi With Chili Powder
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Ingredients
To Make For 6
- 480ml pomegranate juice
- 750 ml curd
- 2 tbsp honey
- Crushed ice
- 2 tsp red chili powder, to garnish
Method
- Using a blender and grind the pomegranate juice with the curd, honey, and crushed ice until smooth.
- Pour the liquid into 6 glasses and sprinkle a little chilli powder on top of each.
- Serve immediately.
While the chilli powder helps in balancing the sourness from the pomegranate and curd in this drink, cinnamon, fennel seeds too can be used as alternative garnishes.
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