BellaOnline Forums Food and Wine Indian Food Have you ever tried Paan

Do u know what pan is and have u ever tried it? if yed did u like it?

Is pan similar to or the same as nan? I love nan - we used to have it at our favorite Nepalese food restaurant all the time (until we moved to Seattle).

Now we want to start learning how to cook our own Indian food at home. Vsh, have you written an article on how to stock your kitchen for Indian cooking? What basics you need to have in your kitchen at all times?

(I printed out your article on ghee, and I'm going to make some of that first.)

I would love to know so we can get started the right way.

Hi Chris,
Paan is kind of a mouth freshner made of betel leaf and other ingredients, which is very popular in india. You will see paan shops everywhere in india. I will post an article on paan and setting up indian kitchen very soon.

Oh! OK - I do know what paan is, then! Definitely! I'd like to know to put it together, too. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Hi Chris I have just posted an article on "stocking up your kitchen for indian cooking"
you can access this article here http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art23933.asp

Perfect! Thank you, vsh!

It is an old saying that Paan is the alternative of water i.e. paani when you cant have water or when the water is not available..

I have never heard any kind of this thing about pan.

Hi,

Personally, I am not a big fan. I think it's an acquired taste.
They have these little hard candies called Pan Pasand which I like.

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