Chocolate paan

Name: Chocolate paan
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 betel leaves; 1 tbsp gulkand; 1 tbsp tooti frooti; 2 tbsp salted mix mukhwas; 1 tsp sweet betelnut; 1 tsp sugar coated fennel seeds; 1/4 tsp lovely powder; 100 gram cooking chocolate; 4 cloves; 4 toothpicks; 1 tbsp rice balls (optional)

Deepa Rupani @dollopsbydipa

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Paan ( tambul ) is the most pooular mouth freshener all over India. Paan is Betel leaf stuffed and wrapped with various mouth fresheners like fennel seeds, sesame seeds, cardamom, gulkand( rose petal jam ), tooti froti, betel nut and many more. Though betel leaf ,itself has many health benefits apart from digestion, when people have it with tabasco, it is harmful too.
Betel leaves are available in two variants ,Banarasi and Kalkatti. Apart from using as mouth freshener, betel leaves has special importance in the Hindu religion. It is used in various 'Pooja' also.
Today, I gave a twist to this basic 'Paan'. Make it chocolate flavoured.

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Deepa Rupani @dollopsbydipa

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Ingredients

40 minutes

4 persons

4betel leaves
1 tbspgulkand
1 tbsptooti frooti
2 tbspsalted mix mukhwas
1 tspsweet betelnut
1 tspsugar coated fennel seeds
1/4 tsplovely powder
100 gramcooking chocolate
4cloves
4toothpicks
1 tbsprice balls (optional)

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Mix all ingredients except betel leaves, chocolate, cloves, rice balls in one bowl.
2

Take one leaf and cut it from the top. (Refer image).
3

Add some prepared mixture on the reverse side of leaf.
4

Then fold leaf from both sides and bottom and seal it with clove. (Refer the image)
5

Now fold from the top and seal it with tooth pick. (Refer the image)
6

Further melt chocolate in double boiler, add rice balls and mix.
7

Then carefully dip the prepared paan in it and place it on a plate and referegerate it.
8

Relish it chilled.