The cashew seed, often simply called a cashew, is widely consumed. It is eaten on its own, used in recipes, or processed into cashew cheese or cashew butter. The shell of the cashew seed yields derivatives that can be used in many applications from lubricants to paints. The cashew apple is a light reddish to yellow fruit, whose pulp can be processed into a sweet, astringent fruit drink or distilled into liquor.
Cashew nuts are commonly used in indian cuisine, whole for garnishing sweets or curries, or ground into a paste that forms a base of sauces for curries (e.g., korma), or some sweets (e.g., kaju barfi). It is also used in powdered form in the preparation of several indian sweets and desserts.
In a 100-gram serving, raw cashews provide 553 calories, 67% of the daily value (dv) in total fats, 36% dv of protein, 13% dv of dietary fiber and 11% dv of carbohydrates (table).[15] cashews are rich sources (> 19% dv) of dietary minerals, including particularly copper, manganese, phosphorus, and magnesium (79-110% dv), and of thiamin, vitamin b6 and vitamin k (32-37% dv) (table).[15] iron, potassium, zinc, and selenium are present in significant content (14-61% dv) (table).[15] cashews (100 grams, raw) contain 113 mg of beta-sitosterol.

The cashew seed, often simply called a cashew, is widely consumed. It is eaten on its own, used in recipes, or processed into cashew cheese or cashew butter. The shell of the cashew seed yields derivatives that can be used in many applications from lubricants to paints. The cashew apple is a light reddish to yellow fruit, whose pulp can be processed into a sweet, astringent fruit drink or distilled into liquor.
Cashew nuts are commonly used in indian cuisine, whole for garnishing sweets or curries, or ground into a paste that forms a base of sauces for curries (e.g., korma), or some sweets (e.g., kaju barfi). It is also used in powdered form in the preparation of several indian sweets and desserts.
In a 100-gram serving, raw cashews provide 553 calories, 67% of the daily value (dv) in total fats, 36% dv of protein, 13% dv of dietary fiber and 11% dv of carbohydrates (table).[15] cashews are rich sources (> 19% dv) of dietary minerals, including particularly copper, manganese, phosphorus, and magnesium (79-110% dv), and of thiamin, vitamin b6 and vitamin k (32-37% dv) (table).[15] iron, potassium, zinc, and selenium are present in significant content (14-61% dv) (table).[15] cashews (100 grams, raw) contain 113 mg of beta-sitosterol.