Location: Near the roller skating rink
After months of procrastinating, I went for a jog along the marina beach last Saturday. Within ten minutes the body was ready to rest. After watching the beautiful sunrise for a while walked back to the service road.
Being the weekend, there were plenty of people of all ages trying to get some exercise. Some of the exercise routines were honestly a little hilarious what with the sudden jumping and clapping by some elderly people. The youngsters were solemnly listening to music while jogging and getting steadily getting dehydrated. To rehydrate there were groups of walkers gathered around tables set up with fruits and steel jars full of vegetable soups.
Aloe vera juice
One of the tables was full of some kind of cactus which is Aloe vera! The owner was peeling away the green outer layer to obtain the transparent jelly like sap inside! Well, I had this once before and they give a huge quantity for 20 rupees. So decided to take it home and drink in batches. It's very cooling: would be better not to drink it when you're dripping with exhaustion. The aloe is mixed with buttermilk to make it more drinkable since aloe vera is pretty slimy and bitter too. And the taste/texture is honestly bad.
:D But it's supposed to be healthy so can overlook this. There are plenty of bits of sap and you can add some lemon or orange to it at home and mix it better to make it palatable. Too much of aloe juice could be laxative so have in moderation.
Fruits and vegetable soups
At the next spot nearby there were cut fruits and vegetable soups. They had mushroom, keerai (spinach) and some other vegetable soup. Nearby there was a cut fruit seller. Asked them if they could give only watermelon cuz what's better than crisp, sweet watermelon in the morning!? For 20 bucks he peeled a fresh watermelon and gave a good amount of it with a toothpick to eat them with. Good stuff.
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