• Clean cherries, then wash and drain again.
• In a pot mix water and sugar and bring to boil.
• Place sour cherries in a cotton bag, then place it in the boiling syrup, the way that the syrup just covers the cherries.
• Make sure that top of the bag is away from the syrup.
• Now cook it for10 minutes.
• Add lemon juice.
• To see if our sharbat (syrup) is ready, pour 2-3 tablespoons of the liquid in a small dish and let it cool.
• If it is too runny you need to cook the syrup a few more minutes to get thicker syrup.
• Now slowly transfer the bag out of the pot,to a bowl.
• Store this syrup in a jar when it is cool.
• Use this syrup to make cool drinks.
• Now enjoy (Nooshe jan) 

You can serve the cooked cherries with tea or as a snack.