Celebrate National Cashew Day by making these 3 delicacies that you must include in your wedding menus!
National Cashew Day is being celebrated on November 23, 2024, across the globe. One of the most loved and healthy nuts, cashews are used in a variety of ways in the culinary world from their paste being added to curries to them being used as toppings on dishes. Additionally, these nuts themselves have a lot of health benefits and thus are eaten as a whole by people on a daily basis. For the vegan population, cashews also serve as a source of milk. Therefore, this National Cashew Day, Team Wedding Affair is all set to surprise you with 3 must-have dishes you should include in your wedding menus and surprise your guests with the mind-blowing taste of cashews.
Where Do Cashews Come From?
While a lot of us enjoy the creamy and slightly sweet taste of cashews, not a lot of us know their origin. These kidney-shaped nuts are sourced from the cashew trees which are exotic evergreen trees with a height of up to 14 m and native to Brazil. The trees produce red-coloured flowers that grow to become pear-shaped pseudo-fruit, cashew apples.
Cashew nuts grow as seeds that grow from the ends of the cashew apple fruit. When the cashew apples ripen, they are picked, with the seeds still attached, from the tree branch. The seed, still encased in its shell, is hand-twisted and plucked off, then dried and steamed. After drying, it must be frozen and boiled before it can be removed from its shell. After harvesting, cashews are dried and roasted in a lengthy process that rids the nut of toxic oils and leaves the shell brittle and easy to remove. Naturally, the nuts have a greenish-grey colour which turns to the brown we know when roasted.
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Why Should You Consume Cashews?
During the celebration of National Cashew Day, let’s enrich our minds by knowing some health benefits of these seeds. While helpful for your overall health, they also have benefits like weight loss, improved blood sugar control, and a healthier heart. They are rich in nutrients such as calories, proteins, unsaturated fats, copper, magnesium and manganese. Essential for energy production, they also contribute to healthy brain development, a strong immune system and bone health.
3 Must-have Cashew Dishes in Your Wedding Menu
Caramel Cashew Cheesecake
If there’s one thing about us Indians, it’s that we love our sweets. Be it before or after a meal, a sweet dessert is always appreciated and awaited even at a wedding. Thus, in your wedding surprise your guests with this caramel cashew cheesecake made with crushed cashew filling and caramel and cashew sauce topping. It is the perfect combination of healthy and sweet!
Sri Lankan Cashew Curry
A thick and creamy curry that your guests can pair with rice or chapati, is the Sri Lankan Cashew Curry. Made with curry leaves, pandan leaves, unroasted curry powder and coconut milk it will be a delightful and scrumptious addition to your wedding menu.
Chicken and Cashew Biryani
With chicken thigh fillets, basmati rice and loads of cashews this ghee-laden biryani will leave your wedding guests licking their fingers and asking for more. Cooked in a Massel chicken-style liquid stock and served with yogurt or raita is the perfect spicy and flavourful dish for your wedding.
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This National Cashew Day, celebrate the healthiness and richness of cashews by making any of these dishes, enjoying their taste and including them in your dream wedding menu.
