Lucknow: The fragrant ketki flowers (screw pine, Pandanus amaryllifolius) are a great favourite in worship as well as decorating ladies’ hairstyles. They form a vital part of auspicious festoons in gateways and doorways during festivals. But it is equally popular as a food flavouring in India and South East Asia. Pandan leaves and flowers are used to impart a delicious aroma to vegetable, rice and meat dishes in Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka and the flavour is well complemented with coconut milk and spices. It is a common practice to…
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