Indian food

Banarasi paan

Also called: Banarasi paan, Банараси паан, Paan, Паан

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A betel leaf folded around lime paste, catechu, fennel, rose petal jam and a dozen other things, chewed after a meal. Banaras grows the softest leaf in India and has built a whole etiquette around it.

How it's eaten

Ask for meetha (sweet) and without tobacco; it is chewed slowly and the leaf is swallowed at the end.

Where to try it

Varanasi

The city grows the softest leaf in India and built an etiquette around it; this is where paan is a subject, not a habit.

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