Earlier, banana leaves were commonly used to eat food instead of plates. There are lot of benifits for this. After putting leaf, salt, sour and chilly is served first. These three awakens the digestive acids to digest the food that you are going to eat further.after that ginger curry and lemon pickle is served. This also helps in digestion. then other curries, after hot rice is served. When hot rice is put on banana leaf it gets sweltered.The rice absorbs the chlorophyll in that leaf. Not only that, a flavor is produced at that time,it awakens the six tastes of that person.
Mind and food was the base for everything for our former generation. They lived according to that.But now the fashion came in and now we are eating in plastic banana leaf.
The antioxidants (polyphenols) in banana leaf is reported to help fight cancer. BAnana leaves are more eco friendly,hygenic,economic and waterproof. So don't miss a chance to eat in banana leaf.
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