Swiss Naturals Sliced Areca Nut 400g [Cutting Supari/Betel Nut]

Brand: Swiss Naturals

Features:

• Chewing the mixture of areca nut and betel leaf is a tradition.In Assam, it is a tradition to offer pan-tamul (betel leaves and raw areca nut) to guests, after tea or meals. The areca nut also has a variety of uses during religious and marriage ceremonies, where it has the role of a fertility symbol. During Bihu, the husori players are offered areca nuts and betel leaves by each household while their blessings are solicited.
• Areca nuts are chewed with betel leaf for their effects as a mild stimulant,causing a warming sensation in the body and slightly heightened alertness, although the effects vary from person to person.
• In India (the largest consumer of areca nut) and the rest of the Indian subcontinent, the preparation of nut with or without betel leaf is commonly referred to as paan. It is available practically everywhere and is sold in ready-to-chew pouches called pan masala or supari, as a mixture of many flavours whose primary base is areca nut crushed into small pieces.
• In the Maldives, areca nut chewing is very popular. Usually, people prefer to chew thin slices of the dry nut, which is sometimes roasted. Kili, a mixture of areca nut, betel, cloves, cardamom and sugar is sold in small home-made paper pouches. Old people who have lost their teeth keep “chewing” by pounding the mixture of areca nut and betel with a small mortar and pestle.
• All our packs are hygienically packed while maintaining strict quality standards to rule out chances of bug infestation or any other kind of contamination.

Details: The areca nut is not a true nut, but rather the seed of a fruit categorized as a berry. It is commercially available in dried, cured, and fresh forms. When the husk of the fresh fruit is green, the nut inside is soft enough to be cut with a typical knife. In the ripe fruit, the husk becomes yellow or orange, and as it dries, the fruit inside hardens to a wood-like consistency. At that stage, the areca nut can only be sliced using a special scissors-like cutter.Usually for chewing, a few slices of the nut are wrapped in a betel leaf along with calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) and may include clove, cardamom, catechu (kattha), or other spices for extra flavouring.

EAN: 0725272223802

Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 3.9 x 3.5 inches