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mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuille_de_bananier" title="Feuille de bananier – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Feuille de bananier" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%EB%82%98%EB%82%98%EC%9E%8E" title="바나나잎 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="바나나잎" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daun_pisang" title="Daun pisang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Daun pisang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The leaves have a wide range of applications because they are large, flexible, waterproof and decorative. They are used for cooking, wrapping,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and food-serving in a wide range of cuisines in <a href="/wiki/Tropics" title="Tropics">tropical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Subtropics" title="Subtropics">subtropical</a> areas. They are used for decorative and symbolic purposes in numerous <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> ceremonies. In traditional home building in tropical areas, roofs and fences are made with dry banana-leaf <a href="/wiki/Thatching" title="Thatching">thatch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Molina_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Molina-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bananas and <a href="/wiki/Palm_leaves" class="mw-redirect" title="Palm leaves">palm leaves</a> were historically the primary writing surfaces in many nations of <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications_in_cuisine">Applications in cuisine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Applications in cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steamed_rice_in_banana_leaf.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Steamed_rice_in_banana_leaf.jpg/220px-Steamed_rice_in_banana_leaf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Steamed_rice_in_banana_leaf.jpg/330px-Steamed_rice_in_banana_leaf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Steamed_rice_in_banana_leaf.jpg/440px-Steamed_rice_in_banana_leaf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1974" data-file-height="1744" /></a><figcaption>Steamed rice wrapped inside banana leaf to enhance its aroma and aesthetic</figcaption></figure> <p>Banana leaves are large, flexible, and waterproof.<sup id="cite_ref-Temple_of_Thai_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Temple_of_Thai-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They impart an aroma to food that is cooked in or served on them; steaming with banana leaves imparts a subtle sweet flavor and aroma to the dish.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The leaves are not themselves eaten and are discarded after the contents are consumed.<sup id="cite_ref-Temple_of_Thai_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Temple_of_Thai-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besides adding flavor, the leaves keep juices in and protect food from burning, much as foil does.<sup id="cite_ref-morton_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morton-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> (India) leaves are fully dried and used as packing material for foodstuffs, and are also made into cups to hold liquids. The dried leaves are called 'Vaazhai-ch- charugu' (வாழைச் சருகு) in Tamil. Some South Indian, Filipino and Khmer recipes use banana leaves as a wrapper for frying. The leaves are later removed. In Vietnamese cuisine, banana leaves are used to wrap foods such as <i><a href="/wiki/Cha-lua" class="mw-redirect" title="Cha-lua">cha-lua</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="By_region">By region</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: By region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Austronesia">Austronesia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Austronesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Indonesian_cuisine">In Indonesian cuisine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In Indonesian cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chicken_satay_on_banana_leaf_in_Java.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Chicken_satay_on_banana_leaf_in_Java.jpg/220px-Chicken_satay_on_banana_leaf_in_Java.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Chicken_satay_on_banana_leaf_in_Java.jpg/330px-Chicken_satay_on_banana_leaf_in_Java.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Chicken_satay_on_banana_leaf_in_Java.jpg/440px-Chicken_satay_on_banana_leaf_in_Java.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>Chicken <a href="/wiki/Satay" title="Satay">satay</a> served in <i>pincuk</i>, a banana leaf cone-shaped plate.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wrapped_lontong.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Wrapped_lontong.jpg/220px-Wrapped_lontong.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Wrapped_lontong.jpg/330px-Wrapped_lontong.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Wrapped_lontong.jpg/440px-Wrapped_lontong.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1836" /></a><figcaption>Unwrapped lontong. Different colors depend on the banana leaf which is used as the wrapper.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_cuisine" title="Indonesian cuisine">Indonesian cuisine</a>, banana leaf is employed in cooking methods called <i><a href="/wiki/Pepes" title="Pepes">pepes</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Botok" title="Botok">botok</a></i>; the banana-leaf packets of food are steamed, boiled, or grilled on charcoal. Banana leaves are also used to wrap several kinds of snacks <i><a href="/wiki/Kue" title="Kue">kue</a></i> (delicacies), such as <i><a href="/wiki/Nagasari" title="Nagasari">nagasari</a></i> or <i>kue pisang</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Otak-otak" title="Otak-otak">otak-otak</a></i>, and also to wrap pressed sticky-rice delicacies such as <i><a href="/wiki/Lemper" title="Lemper">lemper</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lontong" title="Lontong">lontong</a></i>. </p><p>In Java, banana leaf is also used as a shallow conical bowl called <i>"pincuk"</i>, usually to serve <i><a href="/wiki/Rujak" class="mw-redirect" title="Rujak">rujak</a> tumbuk, <a href="/wiki/Pecel" title="Pecel">pecel</a></i> or <a href="/wiki/Satay" title="Satay">satay</a>. The <i>pincuk</i> secured with <i>lidi semat</i> (small thorn-like pins made from the coconut-leaf midrib). The <i>pincuk</i> fit in the left palm, while the right hand is used to consume the food. It also functions as a traditional disposable take-away food container. The cleaned banana leaf is often used as a placemat; cut banana-leaf sheets placed on rattan, bamboo or clay plates are used to serve food. Decorated and folded banana leaves on woven bamboo plates are used as serving trays, <i><a href="/wiki/Tumpeng" title="Tumpeng">tumpeng</a></i> rice cones, and holders for <i>jajan pasar</i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Kue" title="Kue">kue</a></i> delicacies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Malaysian_and_Singaporean_cuisine">In Malaysian and Singaporean cuisine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In Malaysian and Singaporean cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nasi_Lemak_-_West-bound_Temerloh_Rest_Stop_(4574667824).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Nasi_Lemak_-_West-bound_Temerloh_Rest_Stop_%284574667824%29.jpg/220px-Nasi_Lemak_-_West-bound_Temerloh_Rest_Stop_%284574667824%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Nasi_Lemak_-_West-bound_Temerloh_Rest_Stop_%284574667824%29.jpg/330px-Nasi_Lemak_-_West-bound_Temerloh_Rest_Stop_%284574667824%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Nasi_Lemak_-_West-bound_Temerloh_Rest_Stop_%284574667824%29.jpg/440px-Nasi_Lemak_-_West-bound_Temerloh_Rest_Stop_%284574667824%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1371" /></a><figcaption>Nasi lemak traditionally wrapped in banana leaves</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_cuisine" title="Malaysian cuisine">Malaysian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Singapore_cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Singapore cuisine">Singapore cuisine</a>, banana leaves are used to wrap certain <a href="/wiki/Kuih" title="Kuih">kuih</a> and <a href="/wiki/Otak-otak" title="Otak-otak">otak-otak</a>. Malay foods such as <a href="/wiki/Nasi_lemak" title="Nasi lemak">nasi lemak</a> are also commonly wrapped with banana leaves before being wrapped with newspaper, as banana leaves add fragrance to the rice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Philippine_cuisine">In Philippine cuisine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In Philippine cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kamayan" title="Kamayan">Kamayan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cassava_Suman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Cassava_Suman.jpg/220px-Cassava_Suman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Cassava_Suman.jpg/330px-Cassava_Suman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Cassava_Suman.jpg/440px-Cassava_Suman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1533" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Suman_(food)" title="Suman (food)">Sumang kamoteng kahoy</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Cassava" title="Cassava">cassava</a> <i>suman</i>), wrapped in banana leaves.</figcaption></figure> <p>Banana leaves are the traditional method of serving food in <a href="/wiki/Philippine_cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine cuisine">Philippine cuisine</a>, with rice and other dishes laid out on large banana leaves (a <i>salo-salo</i>, reminiscent of a <a href="/wiki/Buffet" title="Buffet">buffet</a>) and everyone partaking using their bare hands (<i><a href="/wiki/Kamayan" title="Kamayan">kamayan</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-nol_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nol-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nash_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nash-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another traditional method of serving food is by placing it on a banana-leaf liner placed over a woven <i>bilao</i> (a <a href="/wiki/Winnowing" title="Winnowing">winnowing basket</a> made of bamboo). The <i>bilao</i> is normally a farm implement used for removing <a href="/wiki/Chaff" title="Chaff">chaff</a> from grains, although there are now smaller woven trays or carved wooden plates of the same kind in Filipino restaurants used specifically for serving food.<sup id="cite_ref-bilao_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilao-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bilao2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bilao2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Banana leaves are also commonly used in wrapping food (<i>binalot</i>), and are valued for the aroma they impart to the food.<sup id="cite_ref-giard_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-giard-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specific Philippine dishes that use banana leaves include <i><a href="/wiki/Suman_(food)" title="Suman (food)">suman</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Bibingka" title="Bibingka">bibingka</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bibi_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bibi-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sum_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sum-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Polynesian_cuisine">In Polynesian cuisine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In Polynesian cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaiian</a> <a href="/wiki/Kalua" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalua">imu</a> is often lined with banana leaves. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Asia">South Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: South Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunch_from_Karnataka_on_a_plantain_leaf.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Lunch_from_Karnataka_on_a_plantain_leaf.jpg/220px-Lunch_from_Karnataka_on_a_plantain_leaf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Lunch_from_Karnataka_on_a_plantain_leaf.jpg/330px-Lunch_from_Karnataka_on_a_plantain_leaf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Lunch_from_Karnataka_on_a_plantain_leaf.jpg/440px-Lunch_from_Karnataka_on_a_plantain_leaf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1590" data-file-height="846" /></a><figcaption>Food served on a banana leaf in <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/South_Indian_cuisine" title="South Indian cuisine">South Indian cuisine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bengali_cuisine" title="Bengali cuisine">Bengali cuisine</a> is traditionally served on a banana leaf, especially in the states of <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> and also in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. In these regions, it is customary to serve food on a banana leaf during festive occasions, and banana is often a part of the food served. In Maharashtra, on special occasions like <a href="/wiki/Ganesh_chaturthi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganesh chaturthi">Ganesh chaturthi</a>, people eat off banana leaves. The banana leaf is also used for wrapping fish, which can then be steamed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Bengali_cuisine">In Bengali cuisine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: In Bengali cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Bengali_cuisine" title="Bengali cuisine">Bengali cuisine</a>, banana leaf is used to prepare <a href="/wiki/Paturi_(Bengali_dish)" title="Paturi (Bengali dish)">Paturi</a>, which is marinated and seasoned boneless fresh fish steamed and cooked inside a banana leaf and eaten on it. Commonly, <a href="/wiki/Bhetki" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhetki">Bhetki</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ilish" title="Ilish">Ilish</a> are used in making Paturi. Bengali cuisine also have a great significance and sacred believe for having meal on a banana leaf. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Indian_cuisine">In Indian cuisine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: In Indian cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, white rice (or parboiled rice in authentic South Indian restaurants) is served on a banana leaf with an assortment of vegetables, <a href="/wiki/Indian_pickle" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian pickle">pickles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appalam" class="mw-redirect" title="Appalam">appalam</a> and other regional condiments (usually sour, salty or spicy). The banana leaf acts as a disposable plate and it in itself is not consumed. The choice of banana leaves is mainly due to the broad leaves as well as to the ubiquity of the plant in South India. Typically, only vegetarian gravy (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Sambar_(dish)" title="Sambar (dish)">sambar</a>) will be served on the rice as it is meant to be a traditional vegetarian dish. However, sometimes boiled eggs, <a href="/wiki/Curry" title="Curry">curried</a> or fried meat or seafood are served as well. Traditionally, there will be two servings of rice with the first being served with gravy, side dishes and condiments whilst the second serving will be just rice with <a href="/wiki/Curd" title="Curd">curd</a> as a palate cleanser. Banana leaf meals are <a href="/wiki/Etiquette_of_Indian_dining" class="mw-redirect" title="Etiquette of Indian dining">eaten by hand</a>. Traditionally only the right hand is used, and only the tips of the fingers should touch the food. Any part of the finger beyond the first knuckle or the palm must not touch the food. Parts of the Banana leaf meal etiquette also dictates that, after the meal, the guest must always fold the banana leaf inwards as a sign of gratitude to the host, even when the host is the proprietor of an eatery. However, when meals are served at funeral wakes, the leaf is folded outwards as a sign of condolence to the family of the deceased. Due to this, folding the leaf outwards is considered rude in any other circumstance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Latin_America">Latin America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Latin America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Caribbean_and_Mexican_cuisine">In Caribbean and Mexican cuisine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: In Caribbean and Mexican cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Guanimos are <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Culture of the Dominican Republic">Dominican</a> tamales made with cornmeal, stuffed with ground meat and wrapped with banana leaves. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Pasteles" title="Pasteles">pasteles</a></i> are made primarily with fresh green banana dough stuffed with pork, and then wrapped in banana leaves which have been softened at the fire. Many rice dishes in Puerto Rico are cooked with banana leaves as a lid to add flavor and aroma. Fish and pork shoulder can be wrapped in plantain leaves and baked. <i><a href="/wiki/Guanime" title="Guanime">Guanimes</a></i> known as Puerto Rican tamales, cornmeal cooked with coconut milk and other ingredients, are wrapped in banana leaves. Sweet cassava tortillas and Puerto Rican <a href="/wiki/Arepa" title="Arepa">arepas</a> are laid on banana leaves for a few hours before cooking. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexican</a>, and more specifically <a href="/wiki/Oaxaca" title="Oaxaca">Oaxacan</a> <a href="/wiki/Tamale" title="Tamale">tamales</a> and a local variety of lamb or <a href="/wiki/Barbacoa" title="Barbacoa">barbacoa</a> <a href="/wiki/Taco" title="Taco">tacos</a> are often <a href="/wiki/Steaming" title="Steaming">steamed</a> in banana leaves. Banana leaves are used for wrapping pork in the traditional Yucatán dish <a href="/wiki/Cochinita_pibil" title="Cochinita pibil">Cochinita pibil</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Central_American_cuisine">In Central American cuisine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In Central American cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nacatamales_in_steamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Nacatamales_in_steamer.jpg/220px-Nacatamales_in_steamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Nacatamales_in_steamer.jpg/330px-Nacatamales_in_steamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Nacatamales_in_steamer.jpg/440px-Nacatamales_in_steamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>Nacatamales ready to be steamed</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Vigor%C3%B3n" title="Vigorón">Vigorón</a>' is a traditional <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaraguan</a> dish. It consists of a cabbage salad known as <i><a href="/wiki/Curtido" title="Curtido">curtido</a></i> (chopped cabbage, tomatoes, onions, and chile peppers marinated in vinegar and salt), boiled <a href="/wiki/Cassava" title="Cassava">yuca</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chicharron" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicharron">chicharrones</a> (fried pork with skin or with meat), wrapped in Banana leaf.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Variations of this dish are also found in <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a>. </p> <p><a href="/wiki/Vaho" title="Vaho">Vaho</a> (or Baho) is a mix of meat, green <a href="/wiki/Cooking_plantain" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooking plantain">plantains</a> and yuca cooked in banana leaves.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baho.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Baho.jpg/220px-Baho.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Baho.jpg/330px-Baho.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Baho.jpg/440px-Baho.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Traditional Nicaraguan Vajo</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tamale" title="Tamale">Tamales</a> made throughout Central America are traditionally wrapped in banana leaves prior to cooking, which imparts a distinctive taste to the <a href="/wiki/Nixtamalization" title="Nixtamalization">nixtamalized</a> <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">corn</a> dough. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nacatamal" title="Nacatamal">Nacatamal</a> is made up mostly of nixtamalized corn <i>masa</i> (a kind of <a href="/wiki/Dough" title="Dough">dough</a> traditionally made from a process called <i>nizquezar</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Lard" title="Lard">lard</a>, but also includes seasonings such as salt and <i>achiote</i> (annatto). Filling consists of seasoned pork meat, rice, a slice of <a href="/wiki/Potato" title="Potato">potato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bell_pepper" title="Bell pepper">bell pepper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tomato" title="Tomato">tomato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Onion" title="Onion">onion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olive" title="Olive">olives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cilantro" class="mw-redirect" title="Cilantro">cilantro</a> and/or spearmint sprigs, and on occasion, though less commonly, capers, raisins or fresh <a href="/wiki/Chile_pepper" class="mw-redirect" title="Chile pepper">chile</a> (red or green), all wrapped in banana leaves. This dish is traditional to Nicaragua. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Ecuadorian_cuisine">In Ecuadorian cuisine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: In Ecuadorian cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coast side region prepare dishes as <a href="/wiki/Bollo" title="Bollo">Bollo</a>, green plantain and peanut butter batter filled with fish or pork wrapped in a banana leaf, this is then baked in a brick oven or steamed. <a href="/wiki/Manab%C3%AD_Province" title="Manabí Province">Manabi</a> province prepare a dish called <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a> a chicken stew with rice dyed with achiote and peanut salsa, all this served on a banana leaf and then wrapped. Amazonian provinces has <a href="/w/index.php?title=Maito&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maito (page does not exist)">Maito</a> where grilled fish is served with yucca and rice, wrapped in a banana leaves. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Brazil">In Brazil</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: In Brazil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Brazil some people might use a dry banana leaf as an alternative to regular rolling papers. This is not a very common practice, but became well-known among youngsters after <a href="/w/index.php?title=Armandinho_(singer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armandinho (singer) (page does not exist)">Armandinho</a> singer wrote a song about it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Other uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Banana leaves have also been proposed as a material out of which to make trays for <a href="/wiki/Airline_meal" title="Airline meal">airline meals</a>, to reduce their environmental impact.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_tradition_and_religion">In tradition and religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: In tradition and religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prasadam_on_banana_leaves.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Prasadam_on_banana_leaves.jpg/220px-Prasadam_on_banana_leaves.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Prasadam_on_banana_leaves.jpg/330px-Prasadam_on_banana_leaves.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Prasadam_on_banana_leaves.jpg/440px-Prasadam_on_banana_leaves.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Prasad" class="mw-redirect" title="Prasad">Prasadam</a></i> offered on banana leaves after <a href="/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)"><i>Puja</i></a> at a home in <a href="/wiki/Guntur" title="Guntur">Guntur</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Banana leaves are used by Hindus and Buddhists as a decorative element for special functions, marriages, and ceremonies in southern <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Balinese_Hinduism" title="Balinese Hinduism">Balinese Hindu</a> prepare banana leaves as containers for floral offerings called <i><a href="/wiki/Canang_sari" title="Canang sari">canang</a></i> to the <i><a href="/wiki/Hyang" title="Hyang">hyang</a></i> (spirits or deities) and gods. These floral offerings are then placed in various places around the house. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Upper_Myanmar" title="Upper Myanmar">Upper Myanmar</a>, the banana leaf is used in handcrafting an elaborate multi-tiered offertory known as <a href="/wiki/Kundaung" title="Kundaung"><i>phetsein kundaung</i></a> (ဖက်စိမ်းကွမ်းတောင်). In <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, banana leaf is used to create an offering bowl called <i>krathong,</i> an important element during festival of <i><a href="/wiki/Loy_Krathong" title="Loy Krathong">Loy Krathong</a></i> on the full-moon day of the twelfth lunar month.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The celebration is meant to pay respects to the Mother of Water called <i>Phra Mae Kong Kha</i> by floating a <i>krathong</i> on a body of water.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other Asian countries also have similar festivals such as in Myanmar, <a href="/wiki/Laos" title="Laos">Laos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Krathong</i> means lotus-shaped vessel, and in it are placed flowers with joss sticks and a candle in the middle. During <i>Loy Krathong</i>, people carry <i>krathongs</i> to the river. After lighting the candles and three joss sticks and making a wish, they will gently place their <i>krathongs</i> on the water and let them drift away with the current.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People believed that <i>krathongs</i> will carry their wickedness and bad luck, and after that happiness will come to them. It is a time joy and merrymaking, dancing, singing, and activities with other people. People use banana leaves to make <i>krathongs</i> because it is an organic and natural material, and would decompose easily in the water.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_a_writing_surface">As a writing surface</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: As a writing surface"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Palm-leaf_manuscript" title="Palm-leaf manuscript">Palm-leaf manuscript</a></div> <p>Banana and palm leaves were historically the primary writing surface in many nations of South and Southeast Asia. This has influenced the evolution of their scripts. The rounded letters of many of the <a href="/wiki/Brahmic_scripts" title="Brahmic scripts">scripts of southern India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Oriya_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriya script">Oriya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_script" title="Sinhala script">Sinhala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burmese_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Burmese script">Burmese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baybayin" title="Baybayin">Baybayin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Javanese_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Javanese alphabet">Javanese</a>, for example, are thought to have been influenced by this. Sharp angles and tracing straight lines along the vein of the leaf with a sharp <a href="/wiki/Writing_implement" title="Writing implement">writing implement</a> would risk splitting the leaf and ruining the surface, so rounded letters, or letters with straight lines only in the vertical or diagonal direction, were required for practical daily use.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In such situations, the ribs of the leaves function as the dividing lines of <a href="/wiki/Ruled_paper" title="Ruled paper">ruled paper</a>, separating lines of text. It is believed that this was so influential in the development of the still-undeciphered <i><a href="/wiki/Rongorongo" title="Rongorongo">rongorongo</a></i> script of <a href="/wiki/Easter_Island" title="Easter Island">Easter Island</a> that the more elaborate wood tablets developed later were fluted to imitate the surface of a banana leaf.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses_2">Other uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Other uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The leaves contain <a href="/wiki/Apiin" title="Apiin">apiin</a> which is used to make <a href="/wiki/Nanoparticle" title="Nanoparticle">nanoparticle</a> products.<sup id="cite_ref-Sayadi-et-al-2021_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sayadi-et-al-2021-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patravali" class="mw-redirect" title="Patravali">Patravali</a>, a dried leaf eating plate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banana_leaf_rice" class="mw-redirect" title="Banana leaf rice">Banana leaf rice</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strelitzia" title="Strelitzia">Strelitzia</a></i>, a bird of paradise plant with similarly shaped leaves.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cochinita_pibil" title="Cochinita pibil">Cochinita pibil</a></i>, a Yucatán Mexican dish that wraps pork in banana leaves.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Puto_(food)" title="Puto (food)">Puto</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bibingka" title="Bibingka">bibingka</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Suman_(food)" title="Suman (food)">suman</a></i>, Filipino rice cakes which are traditionally wrapped in banana leaves.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banana_leaf&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFE135;;width:1%">Culinary usage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alloco" class="mw-redirect" title="Alloco">Alloco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banana_beer" title="Banana beer">Banana beer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banana_boat_(food)" title="Banana boat (food)">Banana boat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banana_bread" title="Banana bread">Banana bread</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banana_cake" title="Banana cake">Banana cake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banana_chip" title="Banana chip">Banana chips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banana_cue" title="Banana cue">Banana cue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banana_custard" title="Banana custard">Banana custard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banana_cream_pie" title="Banana cream pie">Banana cream pie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banana_flour" title="Banana flour">Banana flour</a></li> <li><a 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