Nuts and Dry Fruits
Almond
Almond is an edible seed and native to Southwestern Asia. It can be eaten raw, blanched, or roasted. Almonds are used to make marzipan, a sweet paste made in Europe. Almonds have 22%carbohydrates, 4% water, 50% fat, and 21% protein. It’s nutritionally dense food.
Cashew
Cashew nuts are rich in zinc, copper, iron, magnesium, and phosphorous. It helps to increase the carrying capacity for HDL and lower LDL. It’s a tropical evergreen tree that produces the cashew apple and cashew seed. Cashew nuts are processed into cashew butter or cashew cheese.
Dates
Dates are the fruits of the tree; it is grown in many tropical regions. Wrinkled skin of dates indicates dry dates and smooth skin indicates fresh dates. Dates have a sweet flavor with important nutrients. It has 277 calories, 75 grams of crabs, 7 grams of fiber, and protein of 2 grams.
Anjeer
Anjeer is a delicious dry fruit which belongs to Mulberry family. It is soft, juicy, and has crunchy seeds inside. It is commonly grown in Asian countries and Middle Eastern countries. It generally grows in rocky, dry, and wild areas. Dried Anjeer has more nutrients than fresh Anjeer.
Raisins
Raisins are dried grape produced in many areas of the world. It may be used in baking, cooking, and brewing. It has many nutrients like sugars, dietary fibre, fat, protein and lots of vitamins, minerals, and fluoride. It is globally produced commercially by drying grapes.
Pistachio
Pistachio is a unique, sweet flavor dry fruit. It’s a delicious fruit rich in oleic acid and antioxidants, carotenes, vitamin E, copper, manganese, potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, selenium, zinc, and polyphenolic antioxidant.
Walnuts
Walnuts are rich in fiber, fats, vitamins, and minerals. Walnuts are single-seeded, round stone like fruit. It’s a seed of drupaceous or drupe nut. Walnuts are rich in antioxidants, omega-3s, decrease inflammation, healthy gut, and reduces cancer risk. Walnuts have many variations of it.
Apricots
Apricots are originally cultivated in China. It has nutrients like Vitamin A, Vitamin B6, B5, Vitamin C, E, and K; also it is rich in calcium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, iron, and zinc. Dried apricot is a delicious type of traditional dried fruit largely produced in Turkey. Apricot contains chlorogenic acid, catechins, polyphenols, and provitamins.
Prune
Prune is a dried plum fruit. It is rich in nutrients like 31% water, 64% carbohydrates, Vitamin B, and dietary minerals. When the fruit matures, it has a deep purple color. Prune juice is freshly made with prunes. It helps in digestion and controls urge.
Blackberry
Blackberry has a tart and sweet flavor. Dried blackberry are rich in vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber. It’s a delicious chewy snack. Blackberry is rich in Vitamin A, C, E, and K, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, and Zinc. Mexico produces the blackberry more and exports.
Hazelnuts
Hazelnuts are used to make praline and used with combination with chocolate products like Nutella and Frangelico. Hazelnuts are rich in monounsaturated fat, vitamin E, protein, manganese, and other nutrients. It is cultivated annually during mid-autumn.
Pine Nuts
Pine Nuts are dried to eat. It is rich in calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, and zinc. Pine nuts are added to meat, salads, fish, and vegetable dishes. The shell of pine nuts is removed from it before eating the nut.