What are the Types of Nuts?

The world of nuts varieties is vast and opens up many different doors for us in the flavor universe. We can say that these snacks, which we do not miss from our table, are indispensable for all of us. All types of nuts take us on different taste journeys with their unique tastes. Let's get to know our companions a little better as we embark on this pleasant journey with our family, friends, alone and loved ones.

How Many Different Types of Nutss Are There?

Many types of nuts accompany every moment of the day. With different flavors and different structures, snacks accompany the evening tea, meals during the day and pleasant conversations. Nuts such as sunflower seeds, pistachios, cashews, kunar, peanuts, and roasted chickpeas are among the frequently consumed varieties.

Sunflower seeds are indispensable in our conversations and one of the nuts that accompanies an exciting movie. It is one of the most popular types of nuts plates that we offer to our friends and loved ones. Pickled sunflower seeds draw us into intimate conversations with its traditional taste. Another member of the sunflower seed family is the unsalted dakota sunflower seed. Salt-free dakota sunflower seeds, also called pajamas, are the apple of the eye for those who prefer unsalted seed varieties.

Pistachio is one of the most delicious members of the snack world that is grown in Gaziantep and brought to our tables. It is also a pleasure to remove the shells of pistachios, which are also included in mixed snack plates, and eat them. Roasted pistachios are also available for those who want to consume pistachios directly. Pistachio, which can be used on sorbet desserts or in desserts, adds flavor to everything it is used. Especially recently, pistachio is frequently preferred in chocolate desserts.

Kunar is one of the types of nutss that may not come to our mind first when we say nutss, but that we will not miss from our nuts plate. If we address it with a more familiar name, pine nuts; It is among the types of snacks that are frequently preferred with its use in meals and dried fruit plates, which are very delicious to eat and unique in taste.

Almond is one of the nuts with different types among the snack types. There are many varieties such as roasted almonds, raw almonds, shelled almonds, salted almonds. All these almond varieties diversify our snack plates. Almond is one of the most preferred snack types with its flavor integrating power in meals and desserts.

Cashew is a nut that has gone through the long journey until it reaches our snack plates. Cashew fruit, which requires equatorial climate conditions for its growth, is collected from trees and only one cashew nut comes out of each fruit. Completing its journey, cashew comes in three flavors to fascinate us with its taste. Shelled cashews, roasted salted cashews and raw cashews. Cashew, which is on our eyes in mixed snack plates in all its forms, is among the most popular snack types.

Hazelnut is a type of nut grown mostly in the Black Sea Region, located in the north of our country. Hazelnut is a kind that has accompanied us for generations with its traditional flavor and is always preferred. Hazelnut, which is the host of the snack plates, winks at us among the snack varieties with roasted plain or salted hazelnut kernels and raw hazelnut kernels.

Walnut has been one of the top snacks that our mothers have offered us to eat for years. Of course, our mothers know something. Besides fruits, it makes us experience the beauty of the flavor journey of walnuts in snack varieties with its unique taste that we all know in desserts and beverages. Walnuts, which are collected from the tree and separated from their shells, take their place on the snack plate in the section specially reserved for him.

Peanuts, like hazelnuts, are one of the most beloved members of snack plates. Peanut, which is a permanent accompaniment to many foods and drinks with its traditional taste, is from the family of familiar snacks that we always want to have on our plate. It always manages to make us happy with its salty, unsalted, crusted, unshelled, sauced, honeyed options.

Chickpeas are among the snacks that have accompanied us for years. Maybe a different kind of roasted chickpea comes to mind when we say roasted chickpeas, and the flavor of each one has remained in our palates. This taste that remains on our palate indicates a different taste for everyone. Yellow chickpeas, white crispy chickpeas, honey, sweetened chickpeas, crispy chips, soybean chickpeas… All of them have their place in each of us. They have always been accompaniments to different tastes at different times.

Why Nuts Types Are Preferred?

Nuts are one of the most consumed flavors in our daily lives. When we feel a little hungry in the evening, when we want to eat something, the first snacks that come to our minds are snacks. While we go to the kitchen and think about what we can eat, it is waiting for us there as a safe and delicious option. Varieties such as a few walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews, and roasted chickpeas will provide us with the saturation we are looking for.

The types of nuts that add flavor to our excitement while watching movies are our biggest companions. One of the first things that comes to our mind is to prepare a plate of nuts while sitting at home in the evening, maybe watching TV with your family or friends. Types of nuts come with a pop-up film. A bowl of peanuts fits perfectly into the flow of the movie we're opening or the TV show we're watching.

While we are in the middle of a pleasant conversation with our friends, the types of nuts that add flavor to our subject reinforce our conversation. Pickled sunflower seeds are one of the types of nuts that are common to the most enjoyable conversations.

When a guest comes to our house, nuts are one of the first treats that come to our mind. Nuts, which are among the practical snacks, are consumed with pleasure at guests' tables with their different flavors.

Nuts, which are frequently preferred in meals other than snacks, are one of the details that enable Turkish cuisine to reach its own unique flavors. Kunar, which we will add to rice, hazelnuts that we will sprinkle on our vegetables, walnuts that we can add to salads, and almonds that we will place in the middle of our sherbet dessert are the nuts that add a different flavor to our dishes.