Give me my paan!!! Photo

Photographer’s Note

I was prospecting for something to shoot around the Panjim streets, there was 4 guys sitting around the paan(betel nut) seller, they called me to take that fellows picture...! he was very shy! meanwhile they still ask him for paan....
Paan is an Indian chew usually served at the end of an Indian meal and ceremonies such as weddings, receptions, it can be bought in nearly every street corner in India. They are believed to help in digestion of curried foods and also act as mouth fresheners.

When Paan is chewed, a red food dye inside it makes our mouth red. Many people do not swallow much of Paan, thus resulting in pool of red liquid (due to red dye and saliva) which they spited out (the red liquid) rather than swallowing it.

A simple Paan can be prepared in following way.

* Betel leaf is washed carefully and then dried with cloth.
* Mix spices such as cardamom, anise and katha with choona (lime paste), grated coconut, different kinds of supari (betel nuts) and small piece of various candies.
* Add the mixture on the betel leaf.
* Fold the leaf into a triangular shape and secure it by piercing a piece of cloves into it.
* You can keep Paan fresh on ice with rose petals.

Hope you like it!

MiKa2000, delkoo, atus, pranab, rafelito, axiotea, ALIRIZA, PJE, sufi, tinamunk3, thaprem has marked this note useful

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MiKa2000 (2426) 2006-05-09 6:01

Salut,

AAAH enfin la recette du paan que j'avoue avoir apprécié.
Une prise de vue haute en couleur!
Bravo

delkoo (34788) 2006-05-09 6:20

salut laurent
joli contraste entre le tee shirt du vendeur et la fabrication ancestrale du paan.
amicalement

didier

atus (15476) 2006-05-09 7:21

Hello Laurent,
So You have found him! Tha National champion of the paan makers. Nice and interesting funny shot about the daily life of this man.Compliments and best regards.
Attila

rafelito (3645) 2006-05-10 0:01

Hi Laurent..Wonderful colors and expressive face, the note is very interesting too.Many regards, Rafael

axiotea (16287) 2006-05-10 2:54

Salut Laurent, sympa ce vendeur de paan tres souriant..une bonne compo et de belles couleurs....TFS...A+...Marilyn

ALIRIZA (16197) 2006-05-10 4:42

Congratulations Laurent, nice POV. I like composition, ,contrast, good colors and sharpness very much!Best regards
Ali Rıza

pranab (5354) 2006-05-10 11:01

laurent,
great amount of detail and great color. nice expressive shot of the paanwala. did you try some paan yet?
good composition and informative note.

gaby (19793) 2006-05-10 14:41

Laurent bonsoir - TE est très dense et je ne connaissais pas tes photos, je te prie de m'en excuser car j'ai parcouru ta gallerie et c'est super : j'adore ces photos de vie, pleines de couleurs - félicitations -
Quand je dis pleines de couleurs, je pense aussi à celle d'aujourdh'ui, une très belle image multicolore avec une superbe compo -
Merci et bonne soirée
Gaby

PJE (19501) 2006-05-10 21:45

Well Laurent I can see he was too shy to look into the lens for this one. Nice details captured on his table. I am sure he is very skilled with his hands. Good capture with his smile Laruent..thanks for sharing!

sufi (9568) 2006-05-11 2:02

Hi Laurent...
It's a very colorful picture... They are very interesting materials... Wonderful and also interesting composition, beautiful point of view and shot...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

tinamunk3 (6382) 2006-05-13 15:07

Great note, Laurent - to go with this shot of the "National champion of making panns" - so many nice details. Very interesting. You write that Indian people use to chew paan at the end of an Indian meal and at ceremonies. I thought they use to do it all the time :O)

:) Tina

mrbialy (2568) 2006-05-19 4:36