Friday, January 6, 2017

My hunt for 'Paan' plant.....

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!!

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. 

Betel Plant


I will make sure not to re-pot it for 2 weeks! Hopefully they stay alive and make it through this winter!!

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