Why Food Is Served In Plaintain(Banana) Leaf

[suryausa]

1. It is one of the most eco-friendly, disposable food serving systems. It degrades quickly and unlike a metallic/porcelain utensil, it requires very little cleaning with water or soap. Great for a water  scarce India. 
2. It is healthy. The antioxidants (polyphenols) in banana leaf is reported to help fight cancer. http://www.livestrong.com/articl.... Another research says the leaf contains polyphenol oxidase that help fight Parkinson's disease. http://ejournal.sinica.edu.tw/bb... Banana leaves are also used in some ayurvedic medicinal preparations. By serving hot food on a banana leaf, one could get a lot of those good stuff although the leaf is hard to digest for human when eaten as-is.
3. It  is hygienic. A simple sprinkling of water is enough to clean a banana  leaf. When you are eating at places with questionable hygiene it always  preferable to eat in a banana leaf than an inadequately cleaned plate.
4. It is practical. Other leaves are too small to have food in and Indian population is too big to have everybody use plastic utensils without screwing up the environment in a big way.
5. It is waterproof. South Indian foods involve a lot of liquids and many other bio materials don't fit in easily.
6. The leaves can be quite big and is great to present the diverse food stuffs in a South Indian menu. Most plates are not good in this aspect.
7. Since the leaf can hold a large volume of food, it requires less rounds of serving and thus it is easy when you are serving parties of 1000s of people (not unusual in Indian weddings).
8. It adds a nice aroma to the food and improves the taste of some foods like rasam (Indian soup).
9. Finally, we love to follow the ways of our ancestors (especially when they are right). It is nice to have a bit of history and culture when you are dealing with something as fundamental as food.

[ravula]

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[suryausa]

try upma in arati aaku ..... super vuntundi

[ravula]

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[suryausa]

Nuvu kuda kg candidate for becoming celebrity gossip blog post on the situation in this country u

 

ardham kaledu

[ravula]

try upma in arati aaku ..... super vuntundi

Nenu arati tokka tho try chesta oka na

[suryausa]

Nenu arati tokka tho try chesta oka na

 

arati pandu thokka thinu weight thagguthavu ...

[micxas]

:3D_Smiles:

Nenu arati tokka tho try chesta oka na

 

[keerthi1990]

• It is one of the most eco-friendly, disposable food serving systems. It degrades quickly and unlike a metallic/porcelain utensil, it requires very little cleaning with water or soap. Great for a water scarce India.
• It is healthy. The antioxidants (polyphenols) in banana leaf is reported to help fight cancer. http://www.livestrong.com/articl.... Another research says the leaf contains polyphenol oxidase that help fight Parkinson's disease. http://ejournal.sinica.edu.tw/bb... Banana leaves are also used in some ayurvedic medicinal preparations. By serving hot food on a banana leaf, one could get a lot of those good stuff although the leaf is hard to digest for human when eaten as-is.
• It is hygienic. A simple sprinkling of water is enough to clean a banana leaf. When you are eating at places with questionable hygiene it always preferable to eat in a banana leaf than an inadequately cleaned plate.
• It is practical. Other leaves are too small to have food in and Indian population is too big to have everybody use plastic utensils without screwing up the environment in a big way.
• It is waterproof. South Indian foods involve a lot of liquids and many other bio materials don't fit in easily.
• The leaves can be quite big and is great to present the diverse food stuffs in a South Indian menu. Most plates are not good in this aspect.
• Since the leaf can hold a large volume of food, it requires less rounds of serving and thus it is easy when you are serving parties of 1000s of people (not unusual in Indian weddings).
• It adds a nice aroma to the food and improves the taste of some foods like rasam (Indian soup).
• Finally, we love to follow the ways of our ancestors (especially when they are right). It is nice to have a bit of history and culture when you are dealing with something as fundamental as food.

GP
thx 4 shsfing
naa pelliki ide prefer chestanu :)

[ravula]

ardham kaledu

I was just pulling the specialist at the hospital numbers never justify their atrocities the specialist at the best price

[ravula]

GP
thx 4 shsfing
naa pelliki ide prefer chestanu :)

Try ganneru aaku
It's even more amazing

[texas]

I was just pulling the specialist at the hospital numbers never justify their atrocities the specialist at the best price

[texas]

Try ganneru aaku
It's even more amazing

thats for night shift

[suryausa]

GP
thx 4 shsfing
naa pelliki ide prefer chestanu :)

 

try it bavuntundi .... 

[suryausa]

Try ganneru aaku
It's even more amazing

 

ide nee dp ki suit kavu annadi ..... arati aku is used for food  ganneru is used as poison