Indian Grade Chart of Cashew Nuts
W150 SUPER GIANT
CASHEW NUT KERNELS
SUPER GIANTS W150 CASHEW NUT KERNELS
The largest of the Cashew Nut Kernels. Worthy of the Maharajas and Emperors of the World. These SUPER GIANT Cashew Nuts are Extremely Rare. Truly worth a King's Ransom.
Super Giant Cashew nuts are used to gift to Very Important Persons in the social circles. Regarded as one of the largest pieces of whole cashews, W150 is known for its alluring appearance and unblemished finish. Owing to the fact that this grade of cashew is rare to find, it is usually considered as an appropriate gift in important social circles. Perhaps a gift for a King?
JUMBO 180
White Whole 180
A Premium Jumbo sized cashew nut, gifted with prestige and pride. Only slightly smaller than W150, the Jumbo W 180 is a premium sized cashew nut that can be an exclusive gift for that someone special. Exquisite taste coupled with an impeccable look, makes it the perfect gift.
180
A Premium Jumbo sized cashew nut, gifted with prestige and pride and sometimes roasted for the darker colour
White Whole 210
Large sized cashew nut, gifted with boxes of dry fruits. The colour and size gives one an IMPERIAL feel when one offers these cashew nuts kernels. These large size cashew kernels have a royal look and are often packed in hampers and gift boxes along with dry fruits and sweets. An occasion is never complete, without a box of your favourite nuts and dry fruits hamper.
210
Large sized cashew nut, gifted with boxes of dry fruits. The colour and size gives one an IMPERIAL feel when one offers these cashew nuts kernels after roasting or spicing it up.
White Whole 240
These whole cashews are popular not only because of its size but also because
of its natural taste and white appearance. These cashews are often found in assorted flavours and mixed with spices and herbs, giving it a wonderful and
delectable twist. Grab a packet W240 on the go.
Whole 240
Prime White Whole 320
Fine white cashew nuts of 320 size look so good in the retail dry fruit boxes or retail packets
White Whole 320
Nice looking 320 nuts that look and taste great.
World Nut 320
The Whole world enjoy these cashew nuts as a snack. Often found on the shelf of retail shops, W320 cashew nuts are the fast-selling lot. These cashews can be eaten plain or given a flavourful touch.
WHITE WHOLE 400
Tiny winy cashew nuts, smaller but more of them to pop in.
400
FANCY WHOLES
Fancy Whole cashews like the name suggests are a pretty garnishing for your gourmet dishes. They appear in whole with a beautiful shape and just the right size to enhance the look and taste of your master chef plate.
SCORCHED WHOLES 240
While the size resembles W240, the SW 240 kernels are slightly scorched or blemished. The natural discolouration of these wholes gives it a slight charred tinge. Although not as pleasing to the eye, the SW kernels are popularly used as an alternative to garnishes and kitchen preparations.
SCORCHED WHOLES 320
Smaller in size, the SW 320 kernels are only a version of SW 240. With a smokey scorched look, SW 320 cashew can be used in tandoori dishes, burnt basques and other smoked dishes.
FANCY WHOLES SECONDS
JUMBO Kudka
Biggest White Pieces of Cashew Nuts
USES: To make cashew based premium sweets, Kaju Katli, Kaju Burfi, Kaju Roll.
Jumbo kudka pieces are large pieces of cashews and are used in the preparation of a variety of sweets and savouries. The quality and taste of these cashews enhances the flavour of the sweets. No wonder it is a popular choice among home bakers and bakeries.
Second Pieces
Large Pieces of Cashew Nuts
USES: To make cashew based sweets, Kaju Katli, Kaju Burfi, Kaju Roll.
Also a popular choice among sweet makers, this grade of cashew kernels are characterised by their large size and are often used as a garnishing for Indian sweets.
Kudka
Average Pieces of Cashew Nuts
USES: Cashew pieces grade K is used for premium sweets, Kaju Katli, Kaju Burfi, Kaju Roll
Small Kudka
Small Pieces of Cashew Nuts
USES: SK cashew pieces are used as garnish on ice creams like kaju kismis, cashew raisins, cone shaped cornetto, cakes, halva, sweets, savouries.
Small kudka pieces are often used in Indian kitchens for a variety of dishes that use cashew paste as a base. Aloo dum, butter chicken masala and other mouth watering dishes. Also used as toppings for desserts like ice-creams, cone ice-creams, cakes and halvas, the SW grade of cashew nuts is a perfect choice for ice cream manufacturers, hotels and home cooks.
DESSERT WHOLES
USES: Cashew nut whole kernels DW grade is used to make flavoured or coated cashew nut snacks, like batter fried cashew nuts, masala cashew nuts
DESSERT PIECES 1
USES: Cashew nut pieces DP1 grade is used as an ingredients in PREMIUM food preparations like Biryani rice, Pulav rice, Ghee rice, Pongal rice, Idli, nut based ice creams sundaes and many other regular food items where the size of the broken cashew has to be large enough for a bite but the colour is not important.
DESSERT PIECES 2
USES: Cashew nut pieces DP2 grade is used as an ingredients in like Biryani rice, Pulav rice, Ghee rice, Pongal rice, Idli and many other regular food items where the size of the broken cashew has to be large enough for a bite but the colour is not important.
DESSERT PIECES 3
SMALL WHITE PIECES
USES: Premium small white pieces of cashew nut used to garnish ice creams, butter scotch nut brittles, cakes and baked items or generally made into a paste for gravy base
SMALL WHITE PIECES 1
SES: These small white pieces of cashew nut used to garnish ice creams, butter scotch nut brittles, cakes and baked items or generally made into a paste for gravy base
BABY BITS
USES: Premium baby bit white pieces of cashew nut used to garnish ice creams, butter scotch nut brittles, cakes and baked items or generally made into a paste for gravy base
BABY BITS 1
USES: Baby bits pieces of cashew nut used to garnish ice creams, butter scotch nut brittles, cakes and baked items or generally made into a paste for gravy base
BABY BITS 2
NATURAL WHOLES
Peel them feel them and eat them. Cashews in their naturally occurring skin make it fun to eat while keeping the nuts fresher. The testa of the cashew nut seed makes it a pleasurable experience to remove the cashew skin with ones hands and then eat a fresh crisp cashew nut. The taste is much better than a regular white cashew nut.
NATURAL PIECES
USES: The famous half cashew nut with the skin is a delicacy in South Kanara, Mangalore, Udupi, Dakshin Kannada towns. It is used in Uppukari preparations where the cashew with skin is boiled in hot water and peeled and then sautéed with spices like pepper or mustard and complimentary vegetables like long cut onions, Ivy gourds
BLUE WHOLES
OILY WHOLES
RED WHOLES
RED WHOLES 2
single Dotted wholes
When the nut matures, sometimes the flesh of the nut undergoes differentiation causing black, green, red spots. In trade they are called KW or PKW short for the Malayalam words Puli Kuthu Wholes or black dotted wholes
