In Konkani we call it
KAZ (sing.) and Kazo (Pl.)
Caju, Kazu
Caju apples colour usually yellow, orange and Red


Ok, how to eat cashew apples?
Pluck or buy some ripe cashew apples – see pic 1
Rs.50
Remove nuts by twisting it either side – see pic 2/3
Wash
Cut its bottoms (Bonk kator) and discard it –See pic 2/3
Slice it vertically into four (bigger size into 8 i.e. 4 vertically and 4 across) – see pic 4
Pinch of table salt to sprinkle – see pic 4
Ready to eat
Residue (after juice extraction) can be thrown out but no harm if eaten or swallowed)
When young we never threw it out. See pic 5
Note:
It's important that you cut its bottoms to avoid throat itching.
Do not use juicer to extract juice
Do not eat just before your main meals with curries
1. Cashew apples

2.Bottom cut and nuts removed

3.


4. Cut pieces and salt sprinkled

5. Residue
Nuts /seeds
It can be roasted/baked and then break open the burnt shells to extract the edible cashew nuts.
But you don’t try this at home, it needs extreme care and supervision

Extras:
More Caju apples
Caju apples on its tree
Caju flowers - Stage 1
Stage 2
with tender nuts, we call it Rinvttam
Stage 3
Bibe Matured
Extracted Bibe for sale
Cashew nuts packet / on a plate
This Lord Ganapati made using 41,000 Cashew nuts
Juice extraction, Niro etc
Place or platform for juice extraction
We call Kollomb or Konnbi
Depiction at IFFI 2013
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukiffi3/10958967675/

I also used cashew leaves to brush my teeth
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukiffi3/10958967675/

I also used cashew leaves to brush my teeth
Caju feni
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Carnival float 2015
Caju feni distillation etc
Another related blog
Caju Festival at Soccorro
http://joegoauk.blogspot.in/2015/04/cajuchem-fest-cashew-festival-at.html
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