Cashews are also used in Sri Lankan, Thai and Chinese cuisines, generally in whole form. In Goan cuisine, both roasted and raw kernels are used whole for making curries and sweets. It is also used in powdered form in the preparation of several Indian sweets and desserts. In South Asian cuisine, the nuts are used whole for garnishing sweets or curries, or ground into a paste that forms a base of sauces for curries (e.g., korma), or some sweets (e.g., kaju barfi). In Western countries they are eaten mainly as a premium-quality protein-rich snack food. The seeds, rich in oil and distinctively flavored, are commonly used in South and Southeast Asian cuisine and are a characteristic ingredient of numerous chicken and vegetarianĭishes of southern India. Cashew treeĬommonly the seeds are called cashew “nuts” though they are not true nuts. It’s a tropical tree and very easy to grow. Its nuts are what made this tree very popular around the world, but more than only the nuts of the cashew tree are being used. It’s botanical name is Anacardium occidentale. The cashew tree is an evergreen shrub native to South America and it produces the cashew seed (nut) and cashew apple.
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