More than a regular bottle of aerated
water, a refreshing drink while traveling around the Ceylon countryside would
be the King Coconut. Coconut water carries
an energy value of 17.4 calories per 100 gm and is good for health. Numerous wayside
shacks can be seen on the roadside selling this golden yellow fruit. A key
difference between this and your regular green variety is the Sweet taste
compared to the slightly alkaline flavor of its cousin.
So what makes it so unique other than
its taste? As our driver and guide “Ranga” lectured us on its virtues, he mentioned
that it keeps your vision strong so in Ceylon you would barely see any
Opticians and hardly find any local Sinhalese wearing Spectacles. Also one more
use was noted in distant Vietnam where in the face of acute shortage of Saline,
a wounded soldier often used to be administered the King Coconut water
intravenously. Pure Coconut Oil is excellent for Cooking and a bottle of this
liquid is sold in shops for Rs.210/. It
also helps as a laxative and can be a deterrent for Prickly heat.
And it sells rather cheap from Rs.20
to Rs.40 with the cost going further down in winter. In Ceylon the locals call
it Thambili and every small and big household in the country will have their
own set of trees so good health and nutrition comes cheap in Ceylon
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