What are the cashew nut practices?

Abstract: This fruit is named after its kidney-shaped nuts. When it is ripe, cashew nuts are fragrant, sweet as honey, crisp and delicious, and are one of the four famous dried fruits in the world. Cashew nuts are nutritious and sweet dried fruits, which can be eaten as snacks or made into delicious food. Experts have a very high evaluation of cashew nuts, so what are the effects of cashew nuts? What are the methods of cashew nuts? What are the practices of cashew nuts?

1. What are cashews?

Evergreen tree with erect trunk, up to 10 m. Simple leaves are leathery, alternate, oval or obovate. Panicles, flowering branches in general order. The fruit consists of an enlarged fleshy receptacle (pear, i.e. fake fruit) and nuts (seeds, i.e. true fruit) planted on the receptacle.

morphological character

Scientific name: Anacardium+occidentale+L L l l.

Alias: chicken cashew, the first fruit in the world, _ Rushu

Lacqueraceae, Rhus.

Characteristics and characteristics: neutral or even slightly acidic soil is suitable, but root growth prefers well-ventilated soil. Low-lying land, swamp, alkaline soil, soil with high salt content and poor drainage are not suitable for planting, and other tropical soils can be planted.

geographical distribution

Native to northeastern Brazil. /kloc-was introduced to Asia and Africa in the 6th century, and now it is distributed in dozens of countries and regions within 20 degrees north and south latitude. The most cultivated countries are Mozambique, Tanzania, India, Brazil, and China, Hainan and Yunnan.

Second, the efficacy and function of cashew nuts

1, nutritional value

Nuts are rich in nutrition and are mostly used to make cashew chocolate, snacks and fried salty food. In addition, cashew kernel can extract oil, cashew kernel oil is superior edible oil, and oil cake is excellent feed. By-products include shell liquid and pears. Shell liquid is a kind of drying oil, which can be used to make high-grade paint, color film colorant, synthetic rubber and so on. Pear is soft and juicy, and can be used as fruit, wine, juice, jelly, jam, preserves, pickles, etc.

Cashew kernel is a kind of precious dried fruit and high-grade cuisine. The protein content is 265,438+0% 25, the oil content is 40%25, and the multi-vitamins content is high. In international trade, every ton of cashew kernel is worth more than 5,000 US dollars, and it is worthy of being one of the "four big nuts" (walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts) in the world. The content of cashew nut shell oil reaches 1 1%25, and cashew nut oil can be polymerized to produce synthetic rubber. Painting furniture with cashew nut oil can resist high temperature. It is reported that the American space shuttle uses scientifically processed cashew nut oil as the protective coating of the fuselage.

Cashew nuts are high in calories, and the main source of calories is fat, followed by carbohydrates and protein. The fatty acids of cashew nuts are mainly unsaturated fatty acids, of which oleic acid accounts for 90% of unsaturated fatty acids and linoleic acid only accounts for 10%. Therefore, compared with other nuts rich in linoleic acid, cashew nuts are not easy to rancidity. The protein content of cashew nuts is twice that of common cereal crops, and the amino acids in cashew nuts are complementary to those in cereals.

2. Therapeutic effect

1. Cashew nuts are fleshy fruits formed by receptacle, which are gyro-shaped, oblate rhomboid and oval, and have bright red, orange and yellow-green variegated colors. The pulp is crisp and juicy, and the taste is sweet and sour, so it is an ideal fresh fruit. Besides being eaten raw, it can also be used to make wine. It is beneficial to diuresis, dehumidification and detumescence, and can prevent and treat gastrointestinal diseases and chronic dysentery.

2. The edible part is the kidney-shaped part planted at the top of the fake fruit, which is about 25mm long and varies in color from bluish gray to yellowish brown (if the fruit is found to be white when picking, it may be bleached, so don't buy it). The shell of the fruit is hard, and the inside is wrapped with nuts, which is what we often call "cashews". Rich in nutrition, it has antioxidant, anti-aging, anti-tumor and anti-cardiovascular effects. Most of the fat contained is unsaturated fatty acid, which is a good result of dietotherapy for patients with hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease. Whether it is fried, salted or preserved, it is delicious and has a unique flavor.

3. Chinese medicine believes that cashews are sweet, flat and non-toxic. Can be used for treating cough, vexation and thirst. "Supplement to Materia Medica" said: cashew kernel "cures thirst, moistens the lungs, and eliminates annoyance and phlegm." "Herbs of Haiyao" also said: "The main symptoms are irritability, stuffy heart, excessive phlegm, typhoid fever, and cough against the qi. 」

What are the practices of cashew nuts?

1, lotus seed and cashew soup

Ingredients: cashew nuts, lotus seeds, poria cocos, coix seed, gordon euryales, lotus root starch 50g each, glutinous rice100g, and proper amount of sugar.

manufacture

1. Boil cashew nuts and lotus seeds with water, remove and drain.

2. Poria, Coicis Semen, Euryale Semen and glutinous rice are boiled in water until soft, and put into a blender to make a paste.

3. Add cashew nuts and lotus seeds to the rice soup, add sugar and mix well.

4. Add appropriate amount of warm water to lotus root starch and mix well. Add rice soup and mix well.

Usage: Take it in the morning and evening.

Efficacy: Nourish the five internal organs and soothe the nerves. Suitable for patients with neurasthenia and insomnia.

2. Fried cashews

Steps: put a little more oil in the wok than the ordinary wok, turn on a small fire, add cashews, stir-fry constantly, keep a small fire, stir-fry constantly, wait patiently until the color gradually darkens, turn off the fire according to your own preferences, put in ceramic or enamel utensils (because salt is needed, it is not good for your wok if stainless steel cookware is used), add a proper amount of fine salt, shake well, and let each one.

3. Salt _ cashew nuts

Making:

1. Prepare raw cashews and clean them with a dry rag. If you have time, you can boil the raw cashews in salt water for about half an hour, and then take them out to dry. This will make cashews cleaner and more delicious. There will be many crispy bubbles on the cashews after frying, which will be more brittle. However, I didn't soak them, which was very troublesome. I haven't soaked it before, and it feels crisp, not better than selling it outside.

2. Hot pot cold oil, oil must be less, healthier, although this will not have a lot of crispy bubbles on the surface like it is sold outside, but there is almost no difference in taste and taste.

3. When the oil is hot, first turn the pan into a small fire and fry it, just like frying peanuts and beans. I can cook these for about three minutes. I like to fry less when the fire is small, and I like to fry more when the fire is big. Take out the pan, sprinkle with salt, mix well and let it cool.

4. Shrimp and cashew nuts

Making:

1. Stir-fry cashews and put them away for use.

2. Stir-fry the shrimp and set it aside.

3. Add base oil to the hot pot, pour in corn, green beans and pepper, soak for a few times, add refined salt, pepper noodles and a few drops of cooking wine, soak evenly, then pour in shrimp and stir fry for a few times. If you like the sauce, you can finally make it into a thin sauce, spread it with cashews and go on stage.