

These can also be used to make kaju rolls and a range of other sweets. Just these four ingredients are needed, as they are then thickened and turned into diamond-shaped treats. Kaju Katli, a famous Indian sweet, is made from milk, ghee (clarified butter), raw cashews, and sugar.The meat can also be deep-friend within this mixture for more crunch. Afghani paneer, for example, calls for cashew powder to be mixed with poppy seeds and garam masala as a marinade. Kebabs and tikkas, both preparations of small pieces of meat, often make use of cashew powder as a breading for the meat.

The South Indian delicacy, Bisi Bele Bhaat, also contains cashews in many traditional preparations.

In Panama, the cashew fruit is cooked with water and sugar for a prolonged time to make a sweet, brown, paste-like dessert called dulce de marañón (marañón being a Spanish name for cashew). In Brazil, cashew fruit juice and the fruit pulp are used in the production of sweets, juice, alcoholic beverages, such as cachaça, and as a flour, milk or cheese. In Mozambique, bolo polana is a cake prepared using powdered cashews and mashed potatoes as the main ingredients. In the 21st century, cashew cultivation increased in several African countries to meet the demands for manufacturing cashew milk, a plant milk alternative to dairy milk. In Indonesia, roasted and salted cashews are called kacang mete or kacang mede, while the cashew apple is called jambu monyet (lit. The province of Pampanga also has a sweet dessert called turrones de casuy, which is cashew marzipan wrapped in white wafers. In the Philippines, cashew is a known product of Antipolo, and is eaten with suman. Cashews are also used in Thai and Chinese cuisines, generally in whole form. In Goan cuisine, both roasted and raw kernels are used whole for making curries and sweets. It is also used in powdered form in the preparation of several Indian sweets and desserts. Cashews are commonly used in Indian cuisine and Pakistani 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).
