Betel Leaf, pan (in many Indic languages, ?????? : ??? ), or beeda (in Tamil), or vettila (in Malayalam) is a type of Indian digestive, which consists of fillings wrapped in a triangular package using leaves of the Betel pepper (Piper betle) and held together with a toothpick or a clove.Paan is chewed as a palate cleanser and a breath freshener. It is also commonly offered to guests and visitors as a sign of hospitality and eaten at cultural events. Paan filling is generally a mixture of various spices, fruits, and sugar. Paan makers may use mukhwas or tobacco as an ingredient to their paan fillings. Although many types of paan contain Betel nuts as a filling, many other types do not."Paan" is sometimes mistakenly translated as "Betel nut", the seed of the tropical palm Areca catechu. Rather, supari or adakka is the term for betel nut in many Indic languages. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classifies betel nut as a known human carcinogen. Paan chewing is linked

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