Cooked cashew fruit has the texture and bite similar to breast of chicken.  When raw, they are edible but contain tannins which stops you from eating too much of the fruit.  Cooking them in brown sugar helps to off-set this taste, giving a flavour-some savoury, sweet meal which goes very well with ham.  This is great when you have left over roasted ham to use up.

Take a skillet and add:

2 tbsp vegetable oil

and cook on medium heat. Add the following:

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

and stir until sugar becomes caramelised (about 2 minutes)

Next add:

4 to 6 cashew fruit, chopped

2 tbsp fresh ginger, finely chopped

10 to 20 bird peppers finely chopped (optional)

1 tbsp orange zest, finely chopped

and stir vigourously in medium heat for two minutes, mixing all ingredients thoroughly.

Simmer for 15 minutes on lowest heat, stirring frequently.

Next, take:

2 cups cooked ham, chopped

1 sprig curry leaf

and add to the skillet, mix well for 1 to 2 minutes.

Serve immediately with basmati rice (cooked with one tsp of tumeric) and greens.

Serves 2.