Roasted & Salted Cashewnuts

Abstract

Cashewnut is one of the important ingredients in the category of dry fruits along with almond, raisin, walnut etc. India is one of the leading producers of cashew and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Maharashtra are the major contributors. This note envisages Maharashtra as the proposed location. Konkan region of Maharashtra and the adjacent state of Goa produce substantial quantity of cashewnuts. Reportedly, Ratnagiri district of the Konkan region alone has more than 20,000 acres of land under cashew cultivation. The state government as well as NABARD are encouraging cashew plantation. Hence, this region is ideally suited for the project.