The cashew (Marathi name Kaju) is a fruit which looks like an inverted heart. Cashew is grown for its fruit cashew apple and for a nut. Cashew nut is grown at the end of cashew apple.
Cashew apple is used for making cashew syrup. The famous Goan feni is produced from cashew apple juice.
Nuts are separated from cashew apple immediately after the harvest. Dried nuts are roasted either in open pan or rotary cylinders. Shelling is done by hands. Soon after roasting kernels are dried in sun or hot air chambers in cashew factory. They are kept in sweating chamber for some time. The nuts are then ready for grading and packing. The premium quality cashews of Sindhudurg are exported worldwide.
Cashew trees grow in rocky land having red soil. Kokan climate is very favorable for cashews plantation and are mainly grown in large scale in Sindhudurg district.
Fruits are ripen from December to May.
The nutritional health facts of cashews
The cashew tree’s leaves and bark as well as the popular cashew apple possess herbal health benefits that include killing bacteria and germs, stopping diarrhea, drying secretions, increasing the libido, and reducing fever, blood sugar, blood pressure and body temperature.
Cashew nuts have gained popularity not only for their succulent flavor but for health benefits, too. Whether roasted, salted, sugared or covered in chocolate, the cashew nut, often used as a flavorful complement to appetizers, main dishes and deserts.
The cashew nut is full of nutritional content. It contains protein and high levels of the essential minerals iron, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, copper and manganese. That is why it is said that Cashew nuts are beneficial for health as they contain heart-protective monounsaturated fats, copper, and magnesium.
Cashew nuts do have a relatively high fat content (12 grams per ounce, 2 grams saturated fat), but it is considered “good fat.” This is due to the agreeable fat ratio in the nut, 1:2:1 for saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated, respectively, which scientists say is the ideal ratio for optimal health.
Cashew apple is used for making cashew syrup. The famous Goan feni is produced from cashew apple juice.
Nuts are separated from cashew apple immediately after the harvest. Dried nuts are roasted either in open pan or rotary cylinders. Shelling is done by hands. Soon after roasting kernels are dried in sun or hot air chambers in cashew factory. They are kept in sweating chamber for some time. The nuts are then ready for grading and packing. The premium quality cashews of Sindhudurg are exported worldwide.
Cashew trees grow in rocky land having red soil. Kokan climate is very favorable for cashews plantation and are mainly grown in large scale in Sindhudurg district.
Fruits are ripen from December to May.
The nutritional health facts of cashews
The cashew tree’s leaves and bark as well as the popular cashew apple possess herbal health benefits that include killing bacteria and germs, stopping diarrhea, drying secretions, increasing the libido, and reducing fever, blood sugar, blood pressure and body temperature.
Cashew nuts have gained popularity not only for their succulent flavor but for health benefits, too. Whether roasted, salted, sugared or covered in chocolate, the cashew nut, often used as a flavorful complement to appetizers, main dishes and deserts.
The cashew nut is full of nutritional content. It contains protein and high levels of the essential minerals iron, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, copper and manganese. That is why it is said that Cashew nuts are beneficial for health as they contain heart-protective monounsaturated fats, copper, and magnesium.
Cashew nuts do have a relatively high fat content (12 grams per ounce, 2 grams saturated fat), but it is considered “good fat.” This is due to the agreeable fat ratio in the nut, 1:2:1 for saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated, respectively, which scientists say is the ideal ratio for optimal health.
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