Description
The cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale) is a tropical evergreen tree that produces the cashew seed and the cashew apple.The tree can grow as high as 14 m (46 ft), but the dwarf cashew, growing up to 6 m (20 ft), has proved more profitable, with earlier maturity and greater yields. The cashew seed is often considered a nut in the culinary sense; this cashew nut is eaten on its own, used in recipes, or processed into cashew cheese or cashew butter. Like the tree, the nut is often simply called a cashew.
| Key Feature |
Expect 90 to 100 % Germination Rate |
| Uses |
- Cashew is a seed, however, in culinary world it is popularly added to cashew recipes as a nut.
- It is a well-liked snack in roasted as well as in fried forms.
- Slightly salted or sweet cashews are quite popular and are eaten independently.
- Cashews are popularly eaten as a sweet chocolate covered snack also.
- In vegan cooking, cashew has a great importance.
- Milk is extracted from the nut to be used in making vegan cashew recipes.
- Nut is also fondly used as a whole or in chopped form in many confectionery items such as cakes, cookies and muffins.
- Various savoury dishes include cashew paste to make the gravy rich and creamy.
- Soups and stews also use the paste to make the liquid thick.
- The cashew paste is also commonly used to make vegan cheese.
- Cashew sweets and desserts are widely made in various cuisines.
- For garnishing purposes also, chopped or shaved cashew is an ideal nut.
- One more very popular use of cashew nut and cashew apple is to make alcoholic drinks.
- The juice of cashew fruit is extracted and kept for fermenting for few days.
- After fermenting and distillation, cashew alcohol is ready to drink.
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