A smokeless tobacco-containing product that is designed for oral use, in which sun-dried or fermented coarsely cut tobacco leaves are mixed with slaked lime and sometimes areca nut to create a flaky form.
Khaini is usually custom-made by individual, but also commercially/cottage industry manufactured, and it is placed in the mouth between the gums and cheeks and sucked slowly for 10 – 15 minutes, or sometimes left overnight in the mouth.