Paan-wala....

Betel Leaf, known commonly as paan or beeda (in Tamil), veeda (in Marathi) or vettila (in Malayalam), viLedele (in Kannada ) 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.
Here is a paanwala on avenue road preparing few for his customers around lunchtime, many prefer to chew pan after lunch or tea time…
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. Some other types include what is called sweet paan, where candied fruit and fennel seeds are used.