The present invention discloses an improved system with customized steam cooking, popping, tearing and shell separator mechanisms for de-shelling cashew nut and an improved process with customized steam cooking, popping, tearing and shell separator mechanisms for de-shelling cashew nut. The improved system comprises of: a main frame, a hopper, a feeding unit, a singulator unit, a main conveyor (horizontal or rotary), an optics unit, a customized steaming system, a customized popping system, a customized tearing system, a shell separator unit, and multiple collection units. The disclosed improved system provides accurate amount of pressurized steam to individual cashew nut according to their steam requirement, thereby enabling such customized steamed cashew nuts for accurate popping and accurate tearing each cashew nuts, thereby ultimately avoiding high cashew kernel breakage and providing high percentage of substantially whole kernel as a final product, moreover this kind of customized steaming adapted for steaming cashew nuts provide good quality of kernels which has high market value.
