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Betel Leaves

While I saw paan sold every day in India I did not see what went into producing it. Today that changed.

 

Paan is made by taking a betel creeper leaf, adding some ingredients and then folding it up into a triangle for chewing/consumption. The ingredients can be a wide range of things: betel nut, lime paste, almond powder, grated coconut, pistachio powder, sometimes a very sweet cherry jam or chutney ... and much more. The combination of ingredients makes for a very tasty and refreshing after dinner treat The plant enzymes, lime paste, and mild stimulant from the betel nut act as a digestion enhancer and breadth freshener.

 

Paan is made according to the purchaser's personal preferences.

 

 

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Uploaded on June 8, 2012
Taken on June 7, 2012