Cashews in summer have always been an eye-catchy and mouthwatering fruit. The Anacardium occidentale, in summer, bears pear-shaped fruit called the cashew apple.
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| Photo by Wilvia Dsouza; Summer fruit: Anacardium occidentale |
Cashew apples are orange, red, or yellow, attached to a kidney-shaped seed below the fruit, which is green while immature and greyish while matured. These cashew apples are thrice the size of the seed.
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| Photo by Wilvia Dsouza; Cashew apple and its seed |
The
seeds are rich in oil, and in southern India, they're used while preparing meat
and vegetables. The nut within the grey shield is rich in protein and is
consumed as a protein snack.
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| Photo by Wilvia Dsouza; Fried cashew seeds (Cashew nuts) |
Cashew
nuts are a star ingredient garnished in rice or sweet items. India, Africa, and
Vietnam is a natural habitat where this fruit is grown extensively. The
fruit, the juice, and the nut are absolutely irresistible.
The
fruits grow in January and are harvested in about two months.
The
foremost extracted juice from this fruit is urak. It’s a Goan drink where the
juice of cashew fruit is mixed with lime that gives explicit taste and aroma,
and Feni, a Goan's famous street drink is available throughout the year.
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| Photo by Wilvia Dsouza; pear-shaped fruit; cashew apple |
The sticky substance produced within the fruit is poisonous and if consumed it would
cause skin irritation.
Cashews
have a high level of antioxidant that helps in the avoidance of blindness, as one grows older. You
can get many useful benefits by just consuming cashew nuts and they help in
growing long and glossy hair. They also help in reducing weight and are good
for cardiopathy. Therefore,
have a few cashews every day and stay healthy.
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