My quest for 'Paan' plant ends today!! Arrival of my new plant from Hirt's garden made my day!! I have been long hunting for this plant....Last year I ordered Piper Sarmentosum thinking it as Betel plant on eBay.com. It is used in Vietnamese cooking!! Don't they look similar!! It is no where close to Paan leaf in taste!!
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| Piper Sarmentosum |
My hunt got serious when I saw a 'Paan' Ladoo' recipe on Euphoric Delight Facebook page. I did find few websites that carried this plant but was apprehensive to place order - once bitten, twice shy. I happened to visit Florida a month back in December and asked my cousin to find a plant for me. She said a local Indian grocery store owner gave away free plant to anyone interested. Since they can be propagated by cuttings, she had one pot ready for me. By the time I was there, the plant died because of excessive sunshine. My cousin got few more stems from the same shop and I really tried to get it home. Sad it could not handle the transportion shock of 3 days during transit, it died. I was so focused on getting one plant and was lucky enough to find a online garden which shipped this for a nominal price. The entire plant coated me $18 includes shipping.
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| Betel Plant |
I will make sure not to re-pot it for 2 weeks! Hopefully they stay alive and make it through this winter!!
