Comments on: Anar (is the) Key

By: Harsh

Harsh — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:09:16 +0000

Btw.. best way get anaar juice is t ouse the citrus press bartenders use. Its non-electric and doesn’t turn, simply presses. Cut the fruit in half and use it like an orange.. (http://www.johnlewis.com/jl_assets/product/230210778.jpg)

Buy one.. its worth it.

By: Harsh

Harsh — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:03:03 +0000

Trick to peel an anaar. I am surprised I didn't know this or think of this.. until I saw a Juice walla in daryaganj doing it.

Cut it in half along the equator. Make a few 1" cuts perpendicular to the circular half, but dont cut deeper. Turn it upside down holding it in hand over a salad bowl. Hit it hard with a heavy object (Laddle or belan/pin roller etc.. ) and the seeds will start to fall. Takes sometime to get all of em out.

By: badmash

badmash — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:10:53 +0000

I agree – colour did bring out another dimension to the movie… but there’s just something about Madhubala ni b&w (sigh!)

By: Jai

Jai — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:56:50 +0000

Badmash,

Seen it ? Man, I own it on DVD !

Some of the re-colourised segments obviously look a little artificial, but others are superb — eg. close-ups of Madhubala during the song “Mohe Panghat Pe” (along with her vibrantly coloured clothes) — remember the first time you saw that ? — along with the detail on Dilip Kumar’s embroidered clothes and some of the jewellery worn by the female characters, the “feather brushing the face” segment with Madhubala and Dilip Kumar (with Tan Sen’s singing as the backing soundtrack), etc etc.

Mughal-e-Azam is probably my favourite Hindi film of all time. Not suprising, considering some of my Mughal/Rajput-themed 55s, eh

By: badmash

badmash — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:42:41 +0000

Jai – I recently saw the colour version of Mughal-E-Azam. Seen it yet? Great stuff!

By: Ennis

Ennis — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:21:08 +0000

Come on Ennis, this is old news. My father in law has been stocking up on pomegranate juice since last year.

Sonia, the news about the heart benefit is a year old. The news about the prostate cancer benefit I just read 2 days ago in the BBC.

By: SP

SP — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:19:25 +0000

Pomegranate juice from Iran (available in Tetrapaks in many desi grocery stores) or Trader Joe’s is better than the overpriced POM stuff. It’s great in martinis (vodka + tsp lemon juice + half tsp sugar + dash Triple Sec + two oz pom juice). Also used a lot in Iranian cooking, especially the divine fesenjoon or lamb rummaniya. But my favourite form is still, of course, anar dana scattered on chaat with ginger juliennes in Delhi. Or anardana in aloo ki tikki. Mmmmm…..

By: Jai

Jai — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:56:50 +0000

“Anarkali, Salim ki mohabbat tumhe marne nahin degi aur hum tumhe jeene nahin denge……”

(Translation for the non-Hindi speakers: Anarkali, Salim’s love will not let you die and I will not let you live).

I couldn’t think of anything else to say in relation to pomegranites

By: Saheli

Saheli — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:28:45 +0000

Just be carefuly, fair maidens, it’s not Yamaraj’s Yavana expansion handing you that fruit. . .

By: Shruti

Shruti — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:23:31 +0000

Pomegranate is love. It looks really pretty in fruit salads, it has a wealth of nutrients, it's juice is just sweet enough and just tart enough and, best of all, it's hella fun to break apart and eat straight up. Just watch out for the squirting juice because it will NEVER come out. Also, it's not quite desi (kinda in the vicinity- Middle East), but muhammara is divine!