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Last updated : 30-08-2023
Banana is the common fiber rich fruit who needs for daily fiber intake. It helps most of Indian family fiber supplements. Its tradition in southern India when visiting the neighbor s or relations or any good occasions banana is the mandatory fruit in place. The peoples favorite fruit is now getting harder to find the quality ones in the market. Banana is the only tree in the world which is edible and useful from leaves to trunk. Every part of the tree is used for one or the other purpose.
Benefits of eating everyday
Bananas is a fiber house. Approximately 200 grams of peeled banana provides 5.2g of insoluble fiber to our body. This acts a instant energy provider and smooth digestion process.
Banana tree uses
Banana tree is mandatory guest in all festival occasions,weddings and auspicious events in the front opening. The quality of never changing as like banana tree, weddings build a strong promise between the Bride and the Groom to let nothing affect their relationship lifelong. To help it stay evergreen. In Tamil ( (வாழை) means life ('ever-living-life'). (வாழையடி வாழை) vazhai adi vazhai means that the family should continue for next generation to keep the family bloodline going. No matter whatever happens in life to put you down you should be able to give rise and come up in life.
Why you should always eat foods only in Banana leaf
The aroma that arises from the banana leaf when the hot food is served on it, that's Incredible! One who don’t feel hungry would love to taste the food is served on the plantain leaf.
Banana leaf is used to have food and act of respect to serve the guests .Serving guest in the wide banana leaves resembles the guest is treated with royalty with well fed with a good meal. This ensures that their family has a strong reputation for hospitality.
Eating food in banana leaves have multiple health benefits there is certain disciplines are there to have food in banana leaf. A full single banana leaf (தலை வாழை இலை) will be used for very important and respectable person in which tip side of leaf should be in the left hand side. The leaf should be laid in the way that the lines in the leaf goes from right to left. Folding the Banana leaf
In traditionally the person who eats in banana leaf if he folds the leaf towards him, it symbolizes that he is satisfied with the food and the hospitality. He show cases his wiliness to attend more functions like this in future. But if he folds the other way (opposite to him) it shows that he is not willing to come back again to same place.
In Southern India mostly guests will fold the leaf towards themselves, Indicating that he is interested in coming back in future. People will fold the leaf opposite only on death or other sorrowful gathering, expressing the sadness that they feel and don’t want to happen like the same event in future.