Seasons. Flowering takes place from December to April in the Northern hemisphere, and from June to December in the Southern hemisphere, with a higher concentration from September to November. The cashew has crossed fertilization. About a week after fertilization, the green nut with a puny apple (false fruit) appears. In which climate cashew is grown? […]
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How Cashew Nuts Are Harvested And Processed?
Generally the processing of raw cashew nuts into edible cashew kernel takes the following steps traditional method: roasting, shelling drying, peeling, grading, quality controls, fumigation and packaging. All these steps have to be conducted with care to obtain good quality and good grade kernels. How cashew are harvested? Cashew nut shells are attached to the […]
How Cashew Nuts Are Formed?
The tree produces a long, fleshy stalk, called a cashew apple, which resembles a small pear. At the end of this stalk grows the kidney-shaped cashew nut that many know and love. Cashew nuts are protected from hungry passerby by a double shell containing a potent poison called anacardic acid. Where do cashews from come […]
How Do You Process Cashew Nuts At Home?
The processing consists of roasting the nuts at 350 – 400°F (180-200°C) for 10 – 20 minutes on fine sand to extract the caustic cashew nut oil. The oil may spurt from the shells when the nuts are heated. During this initial roasting the sand will take up the oil and also prevents the oil […]