Kashmir Walnut Group

In India, the good quality inshell walnuts are majorly grown in Kashmir only. The size varies from as small as 24mm and goes upto 34mm as well. Total production of inshell walnuts is around 32000 – 35000 metric tones an year.

Kashmir Walnut Group purchases large volumes of raw walnuts inshell through various company owned purchase centers as well as traders spread all over Kashmir. The quality parameters are strictly checked before being unloaded at the factory warehouse. The processing and packaging is done through machines as well as skilled labour which ensures best quality product

Also sells ORGANIC certified walnuts from the notified areas controlled by the regular inspection of certifying agencies.

walnut shell grit is a hard and fibrous product made from crushed walnut shell in accordance with international trade standard and it is the most soft type abrasive in existence days. It has excellent durability and is now widely used to blast clean and polish soft metals, glass, fiber glass, wood, plastic and stone. It works as a deburring and deflashing product for molding, casting and electrical parts. It is an efficient soft abrasive when used to tumble and polish gun casings, jewelry and metal parts and can also be used to prepare surfaces and equipment or wall for painting.

almond is undoubtedly one of the most nutritious dry fruits. Its scientific name is prunus dulcis. Almonds are popularly referred as nut which is botanically wrong. Almond is a seed of drupe; a botanical name for a type of fruits in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a shell of hardened endocarp with a seed inside.

origin of the fruit:
the almonds are the native of stretch of northern indian sub continent to syria, israel and turkey. Slowly it spread to the shore of the mediterranean into northern africa and southern europe as well as california.

production of almond in india:
india is one of the top producers of almonds in the world. India reached the production capacity of about 1200 mt in the year 2008.

types of almonds:
almonds are of two types - sweet and bitter. The kernel of sweet almonds is used for extracting fixed oils and emulsion. It is also used in alternative medicine commonly as carrier oil in aromatherapy.

the bitter almonds are comparatively boarder and yet shorter than the sweeter one. It contains enzyme emulsin which in the presence of water yields glucose, cyanide and the essential oil.

health benefits of almond:
almonds are the high fat food that is actually good for health! It has high monounsaturated fats that reduce risk of heart disease same as olive oil. In addition to this, almonds are rich source of vitamin e, magnesium and potassium. It also provides small amounts of protein, iron, calcium, phosphorus necessary for the healthy growth of human.

almonds are being eaten in raw form all over the world. They are also edible in blanched or roasted form. They are commonly used in confectionary backing and traditional cuisines. Thus a regular intake of almonds in your diet will not only improve your flavor but your health also.

cashew is known for its exotic flavor and high nutritious value. In the botanical language cashew is known as anacardium occidentale and in india it is commonly reffered as “kaju”. Cashew nuts and apples are largely produced in the tropical climates with worm and humid atmosphere. The fruits of the cashew tree are kidney or boxing glove shape drupe which grows at the end of the pseudofruit. One cashew tree produces between 200 and 300 cashew nuts in a year.

The black mushroom or morels of commerce, belong to genus Morchella, of the class Ascomycete, and comprising of about a dozen species, of which M. esculenta, M. conica and M. angusticipt are of considerable economic importance. The morels are prized for culinary uses, particularly as a gourmet food. They are used in gravies sauces and soups. Morels are not only delicious, but also very healthy food. They contain 42 per cent high quality protein on dry weight basis, which is quite high as compared to other edible plant products. Morels are low in calories and rich in minerals. The morels appear in spring immediately after snow melt and are best recognised by their fleshy consistency of the pitted head on a stalk. Though they rate among the best of all the edible fungi, until now they have not been grown commercially with success.

saffron name for a fall-flowering plant ( crocus sativus ) of the family iridaceae ( iris family) and also for a dye obtained therefrom. The plant is native to asia minor, where for centuries it has been cultivated for its aromatic orange-yellow stigmas . The stigmas, handpicked and dried, yield saffron powder, the source of the principal yellow dye of the ancient world. It was used for numerous purposes by many ancient cultures, including the sumerians, phoenicians, minoans, egyptians, greeks, romans, and persians. The plant is still grown in limited quantities for the powder, which is used in medicines and perfumes and for flavoring, especially in mediterranean cooking. It has been estimated that the stigmas of about 4,000 flowers are required for one ounce of saffron powder. Called “ kesar ” in the rest of india, saffron is used as a flavoring agent in many food preparations, from rice dishes, such as biryani, to various sweets.

the orange-red stigmas of the saffron plant produce a pleasant aroma and a warm golden orange color. The yellow stamens are also harvested, however they do not have the same aromatic and color properties of the stigmas. Pure saffron consists of only the orange-red stigmas of the saffron plant.

kashmir is the only place in india, and one of the few places in the world where saffron, the world's most expensive spice grows, to be more specific only on the plateau land of pampore, just outside srinagar.

wherever saffron is grown in the world, its production is in the hands of small individual farmers and not in the hands of co-operatives or large corporations and traditional methods of quality control are the only form of checking the quality and originality of the saffron. Chemical analysis at time of each purchase is hardly practical. We must remember that saffron is an herb and not a chemical concentrate. Saffron is a prime example of one such herb. Therefore, it is important for every supplier to state the origin or source of his saffron, for you to judge its quality because the growing area, its soil and climate creates the basic characteristics and strength of the saffron.