Cashew Fruit

Posted on January 11, 2023

Cashew Fruit

The custom of the Dawei people is to sweetly eat the local seasonal food only when they have to eat it seasonally. Dawei is also a place with a lot of seasonal food such as rainy season food in the rainy, winter food in winter, and summer food in summer. In the spring, when the wind blows from the end of winter, it is time for Cashew fruit (Shitkalit Thee) and Green Marian Plum or Mango Plum (Zinn Kan). Cashew fruit is called “Shitkalit Thee” in Dawei and “Khru Thee” in Myeik. The cashew plant is a plant that benefits the whole plant. Young leaves and buds are eaten for totesayar, fruits are eaten as a dish and the seeds are eaten in a variety of ways, such as as a dessert. Almost everyone has eaten cashew nuts, but not all of them are not eaten cashew fruit. In Dawei, cashew fruits are cooked with acacia leaves (kimponchin ywet), as well as salads with tomatoes and dried anchovy fish, and fried with prawns and clams. It is a seasonal fruit that is eaten only once a year and is a healthy fruit. Cashew fruit can be cooked as a dish or served with lemon as a juice. The more ripe, the better the taste.

Cashew fruit salad

The season which is plenty of Kai Tomatoes is the best time to have a Cashew fruit salad. Added to the salad roasted dried anchovy fish from the Dawei area and spicy Dawei Ngapi Htaung is a really delicious seasonal dish. Ingredients needed for Cashew fruit salad is

Cashew fruit, tomatoes, dried anchovy fish, lemon leaves, lemons, green chili, onions, dried prawns, and ngapi htaung. Remove the seeds and peel a thin layer of Cashew fruit. Slice Cashew fruit thinly or made the fruit like fiber, and squeeze the juice. The taste of the Cashew fruit is sour and bitter that you have to squeeze it to get rid of the bitter taste. Thinly sliced lemon leaves, green chilies, tomatoes, and onions are mixed with the squeezed Cashew fruit, ngapi htaung, lemon juice, and dried prawns to make a delicious salad. In Dawei, Cashew fruit salads are eaten not only with rice but also with rice noodles (Mont Phat).

Cashew fruit Soup

Maybe you wonder if Cashew fruit can be cooked as a soup. acacia leaves (kimponchin ywet), dried fish bones or fish, and slice circle Cashew fruit and mixed with a little oil and cooked, it will make a mouth-watering dish for Dawei people.

Fried Cashew fruit

Another way is to fry the Cashew fruit. The Cashew fruit are finely chopped and squeeze juiced. If you add the shrimp or clams or pork, your favorite meat, and stir-fry the Cashew fruit, it is a seasonal fried Cashew fruit that can not be replaced with stir chicken fry.

Cashew Seed

Unlike many seeds, walnuts do not grow on the inside, but only on the outside. The ovary is formed before flowering and fruiting. The seed pods are green at the beginning. Fruits emerge a few weeks after ovulation. At the beginning, it is green. During ripening, it may turn red or yellow, depending on the type of fruit. As the fruit matures, the seeds gradually change from green to gray to white. The most popular peanut seed is located in the seed pods. When the fruit is ripe, it falls off the tree automatically. Peel a squash, grate it and squeeze the juice. The seeds are then separated and the delicious walnuts are extracted. The teeth are white in color and have a sour taste. The seeds can be eaten as a snack. It can also be used as ingredients and dishes.

Here is the knowledge about Dawei Cashew fruit, the seasonal food of the Dawei area.

The peculiarity of the Cashew fruit is that, unlike other fruits, the seeds are not inside, but the seeds protrude like a bird’s beak on the outside. The Cashew tree grows better in the coastal areas of Tanintharyi and Rakhine. Although it grows in coastal areas, it is also found in areas up to 3,000 feet above sea level. It is not tolerant of snow and frost and can be found less in Bago and Ayeyarwady Divisions. The tree originated in the tropics of South America and the West Indies islands and was brought by Portuguese missionaries, is grown in South America, East Africa, India, and Thiho Island.

Along the coast, Cashew trees thrive and spread to other tropics. The Cashew tree is evergreen and branched, growing to a height of 30 to 40 feet. They bloom from December to early February, the flower is a type of flower that has both a female and a male. The taste of Cashew fruit is juicy and has a sour or sweet taste. Cashew fruits are available in two colors: light yellow and red-orange. The red-orange fruit flavor liquid Roam and better flavor. According to Burmese medical textbooks, ripe Cashew fruit are sweet, It cleanses the mouth, does not digest, is cold, has no fat, Constipation, and may cause Inflammation of the abdomen. It is said to overcome saliva. Cashew fruit contains protein, copper, calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, and zinc.

Although Cashew fruit is beneficial, they value the seeds (Cashew nuts) more than fruits for their rich flavor. Cashew nuts are good for heart health, nerve health; In addition to the health benefits, It is a seed that such as improving muscle function, anemia and can relieve some conditions such as diabetes. It also contains antioxidants that help build red blood cells and boost the immune system. It contains vitamin C, B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), B6, folate, E (alpha-tocopherol), and vitamin K (phylloquinone). Eaten properly, It helps maintain monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats, and good cholesterol.

The benefits of Cashew nuts, It is a kind of seed that has the following characteristics: protection against heart disease, strengthening muscles and nerves, reducing the risk of diabetes, making cancer drugs more effective, promoting red blood cell formation, improving bone and oral health, preventing anemia, preventing gallstones, boosting the immune system, and being rich in saturated fats and oils. Here are some suggestions on how to cook and eat Dawei’s seasonal food Cashew fruit and hope you know how useful Cashew fruits and seeds are.

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