Whole cashews are the star of this vegan Sri Lankan curry

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Chef O Tama Carey was serving dishes in her Sydney restaurant recently when a customer asked her a simple question: “What’s in the cashew curry?” “And I said, ‘Cashews. It’s a cashew curry.’ And they were like, ‘But what else?’ And I said, ‘Cashews. Because it’s a cashew curry.’” Carey was talking to me on a Zoom call on a night off from that acclaimed restaurant, Lankan Filling Station, and was explaining to me some of the differences between Sri Lankan food and other cuisines. “In other curries, especially in Thai food, if you have a cashew curry you might also get a lot of other stuff. But in a lot of Sri Lankan dishes, the main ingredient is just what it is.”

As someone who adores cashews but has grown accustomed to seeing them used in plant-based cooking as the makings of a dairy-free puree to add richness, I could imagine myself being that very diner asking those very questions. And I also know that once that dish made its way to my table, I’d be as giddy with excitement as I was when I made it at home.

In Carey’s lovely new book, “Lanka Food,” she explains and demystifies the cooking she learned from her Sri Lankan mother’s side of her family, and includes a fascinating rundown on the island’s influences, including Dutch, Portuguese and English colonizers and Arab, Malay and Chinese traders. As a predominantly Buddhist nation, Sri Lanka boasts a wonderful variety of vegetarian cooking, so of course that was my own path into the beginnings of understanding the cuisine. This cashew curry recipe, which she calls “distinctly Sri Lankan,” is almost a lesson unto itself.



First, there are those cashews, which are not nuts at all but technically fruit; they’re the drupe seeds that extend under the apple of the cashew tree. In Sri Lankan markets, she says, it’s common to see not only the apple, which she compares in texture to an Asian pear, but the fresh cashews, which are juicier and plumper than anything we can get in the States. (In processing, cashews are typically steamed to assist in the cracking of their shell, and must be handled carefully to avoid a toxic substance that can burn harvesters’ and processors’ hands. For this and other reasons, advocates for farmers and workers suggest that consumers of imported cashews look for fair-trade companies.)

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1. I love cashews, however awareness....

Women in India pay the price for cashew nut demand as vegan diets rise

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Women who shell cashew nuts for as little as £2 a day are regularly left with agonising acid burns while trying to meet British demands for the snack, a new report has found.




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2. we only buy KRAV cert

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A basis for all organic farming is global solidarity. By adding better working conditions to the KRAV Standards, KRAV goes a step further. Working conditions are not addressed at all in the EU regulation for organic production.

BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS AT KRAV-CERTIFIED PRODUCTION IN SWEDEN

The KRAV Standards are based on the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In Sweden, the standards primarily mean that companies must comply with both Swedish legislation and the European Convention on Human Rights. A KRAV-certified company must ensure that employees:

receive an employment contract in a language they understand
are not subject to discrimination
receive a salary according to a collective agreement or standard in the profession or industry
have working hours according to a collective agreement
do not get hurt or sick from working
have safe and hygienic living conditions

BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS FOR PRODUCTIONS OUTSIDE OF SWEDEN FOR PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE KRAV-LABELLED

Organic products brought in from countries with weak social legislation and inspection must comply with the KRAV extra requirements for better working conditions in order to be KRAV-labelled. For example, human rights violations in connection with production are prohibited, employees should have the right to organize, children under the age of 15 must not be employed, and work under slave-like conditions is prohibited.

If the product is imported or brought in from countries within the EU or EEA area, Switzerland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Japan, the KRAV-certified company must assess risks in the supply chain and work to promote good working conditions. If the product is imported from another country than the ones mentioned above, an independent inspection must be made where production takes place to check that KRAV’s additional requirements for better working conditions are complied with.



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