Some of the Most Valuable Tropical Fruits For Our Own Good
Visit Sri lanka now, Sri Lanka is blessed with a huge variety fruit such as bananas, mangoes, pineapples, cashew apples etc.They produce their seasonal output for people to enjoy their taste and obtain other benefits. The juicy succulent bite of such fruit pleases your palate, quenches your thirst, satisfies your hunger and satisfies your nutritional requirements while blessing you with their medicinal properties. They are full of vitamins especially vitamin C and are recommended by doctors for various ailments.So any visitor to Sri Lanka stands a chance to enjoy these benefits.
If you are a visitor in Sri Lanka you will be able to consume our fruits and feel greatly satisfied having had a bite of a juicy succulent fruits like pineapple or mangoes. The tropical warm climate quite naturally makes you feel thirsty while holidaying here in Sri Lanka. Juice or fruit nectar will definitely help quench your thirst.The taste appeals to your palate, the sweet fragrance to your nose and its juicy state to your mouth.
Although it looks like a kids’ toy from the ‘90s, the rambutan is actually edible. To open a rambutan, cup it in your hands and find a groove between the spikes with your thumbs. Push downwards and then outwards to prise it apart. Once through the fuzzy outer shell you’ll find a glistening lychee-like fruit. Pop it whole in your mouth but make sure you don’t eat the seed.
Also known as the King Coconut, the orange thambili is one of the most prized fruits of Sri Lanka. Coconut picking is a dangerous job: pickers use a rope to tie their legs together and winch themselves up the long trunk of the trees. Street sellers will cut an opening for you so you can drink the juice. If you ask nicely they’ll even cut the nut in half and fashion you a spoon out of the hard outer shell so you can scrape up the sticky goodness inside. King coconuts are used in ayurvedic medicine here, and are known as a source of carbohydrates, vitamin E, iron, calcium and phosphorus. Make sure you ask for a ripe one.
The mangosteen is a segmented fruit contained in a purple rind. It’s known as one of the tastiest Sri Lankan fruits. It has immune system-boosting qualities, and is used to make health drinks, tablets and powders. The rind can also be steeped in water to make tea. To open press firmly on the outside of the shell and twist until it breaks apart.
The taste of the dragonfruit, which comes from the cactus family, is much less distinctive than the colour. The skin is inedible, but once you cut through the pink outer layer you’ll reach a soft, white seeded part, which has a subtly sweet taste. It has a whole load of health benefits, and can be used to soothe sunburn and treat chemically dyed hair.
