Traditional way of paan making - Varanasi

From the archive record

Benarasi pan is made with pan leaves of those grown in Benaras area. Paan is basically betel leaves and Banarasi paan is world famous. Banarasi Paan is natural fresh to the whole world. People used paan as a mouth refresher. Banarasi paan is very popular all over the world because of its awesome taste. It is grated with gulkand, dry dates, flavors, coconut and all these were enrolled into betel leaves. Making a paan is an art and its ingredients and their actual proportion makes it delicious. Source: http://www.explorevaranasi.com/banarasi-paan This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours o