Cashew apple RTS (ready-to-serve) beverage and squash were prepared by mixing cashew apple juice and sugar with different fruit juices like lime, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya and gooseberry. In this context, a study was conducted at the Cashew Research Station, Madakkathara, Thrissur, Kerala by blending cashew apple juice with other fruit juices and spices, for the preparation of RTS and squash. When cashew apple was blended with other tropical fruits, the nutritional quality and palatability could be boosted substantially. Cashew apple juice though sweet and nutritious, has astringency due to the presence of phenolic compounds, which makes it less palatable. Indeed, the vitamin C content of cashew apple is almost ten times more than that of pineapple, a customary tropical fruit. The cashew biscuits are an ideal gift to bring home for friends and relatives, he added.Īpart from making cakes, locals also make cashew sweets, cashew spring rolls, cashew salad, stir-fried chicken with cashews, cashew porridge, sticky rice cake with cashew filling, and many others, he said.īình Phước is blessed with fertile, basalt land and is rich with minerals to grow the best cashew trees compared with other areas.įarmers often harvest cashew nuts from February to May and when dry season starts, conditions are perfect to dry the nuts naturally to ensure the best possible taste.Cashew apple is a tropical fruit rich in vitamins and minerals. Once complete, the cake has a bright yellow colour from the eggs and flour, crispy from cashews, fragrant from the cinnamon and smooth and sweet from the butter, sugar and cooking oil, said Phục. The cakes should be baked for around 13 minutes at 180-200 degrees Celsius. Second, mix all the ingredients together then put sugar, butter, egg and cooking oil in and use a hand mixer to mix them into dough, said Phục.įinally making the dough into flat cakes about 4cm in diameter and top with salted cashew nuts. “That’s why I eat the nuts every day to prevent blood hypertension and diabetes,” she said.Ĭhef Phục told Việt Nam News the main ingredients to make the cake are baking soda, wheat flour, cinnamon powder, sugar, eggs, cooking oil, vanilla, butter, salt and, of course, cashew nuts.įirst, cashew nuts should be cleaned carefully before soaked in warm water for 10 minutes then cooled and dried with tissues. Ingredients to make cashew biscuits include cashew nuts, wheat flour, cinnamon powder, butter among others. Kiều’s mother said cashew nuts help to reduce cholesterol levels and is very good for cardiovascular system and osteoarthritis. My parents are particularly interested in the cake because of its special fragrant taste and its nutrition values.” It is suitable to take on picnic or a snack when travelling. The cake is more enjoyable when eaten with a hot cup of tea. “We are attracted to the cakes because of its buttery, crisp taste and aromatic flavours. “At the weekend we often drive to visit Bình Phước and enjoy cashew biscuits," she said. Nguyễn Lam Kiều is a regular visitor from HCM City. “We often receive a lot of visitors and travellers from HCM City and surrounding provinces to Bình Phước to enjoy our cashew cakes,” Phục said, adding that many of them asked his restaurant to serve them roast salted cashews to sip with a glass of wine.Ĭashew biscuits, a must-try sweet food when visiting the southern province of Bình Phước. For quality cashews, there’s only one place to go - Bình Phước, the birthplace of cashews, more than 100km to the north of Hồ Chí Minh City.Ĭashew nuts have put this place firmly on the map, and locals living here serve up the delicacy with added ingredients of love and pride.Ĭhef Tô Văn Phục said cashew biscuits are his most popular sweet food.
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