Saturday, July 14, 2007

Leaf Plates...

Leaf plates, kept for sale in the local market. They are environment friendly, 100% biodegradable, compostable, light weight and easy to store. Also called Patrawallies, these leaf Plates made with leaves from forest. Adding as a source of income for many rurals. Many believe that they do also offer natural feeling while eating in these plates..

5 comments:

Jilly Sat Jul 14, 02:55:00 PM GMT+5:30  

Practical and so beautiful too!

I've written about the Indian artist, Raza, who lives in my village on Menton Daily Photo today.

http://menton-daily-photo.blogspot.com

lv2scpbk Sat Jul 14, 06:06:00 PM GMT+5:30  

Wow! I bet they say alot of money by not having to buy dishes or hire dishwashers.

Anonymous Sun Jul 15, 02:17:00 AM GMT+5:30  

Cool picture. Brings back my memories of the temples, where the Prasadam was served on these leaf plates and the tradition still remains in many temples.

A few years back, even occasions like marriages, where food is served, used to be on the leaf plates, which is no more the case.

lv2scpbk Sun Jul 15, 06:04:00 PM GMT+5:30  

Oops! should say I bet they save alot of money.

Unknown Mon Jul 16, 08:15:00 AM GMT+5:30  

Thanks...

IV2.. > Generally these are used when there are lot of guests / invitees and this leaf plates makes it convinient to dispose them off rather having a lot of work cleaning the dishes and maintaining them in that largew numbers...