Guacamole is a tasty avocado-based dish. It is easy to make and super delicious. This healthy, creamy, and well-balanced dish can be used as a dip or a spread, or even as a filling in your wraps and rolls.
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Originating in Mexico, this dish is made with mashed avocados, lime, salt, and other ingredients such as onion, tomato, etc. Initially, used as a dip in appetizers such as nachos and other bread-based chips. But now, guacamole is widely used as a spread in sandwiches, as a filling in burritos, and so on. Guacamole is a versatile dish and there are many versions of guac available based on the region or country. All I can say is that the world adores this healthy, vegan-based dip.
As I mentioned, there are many versions of guacamole recipes, depending on the region or the country. For example, in my guac recipe, I have Indianized it a little bit to please our palate. I have used a dash of minced garlic and green chili for an extra kick. This is the one dish you can make on a lazy day, be it a quick snack, breakfast, lunch, or dinner. You can even impress your guests by serving guacamole as a party snack with nachos, pita bread chips, veggies, and so on.
Things to note for a perfect Guacamole:
Avocados: For an excellent creamy texture, you must use ripe avocados. The skin must have turned dark brown and soft to the touch.
Garlic: This is an optional ingredient. I love garlic, and it gives any dish an oomph with the use of garlic.
Lemon/ Lime: Adding lime/lemon juice to the guacamole adds the zest and cuts down the heaviness of the avocado. It also helps to prevent the avocado from browning. Otherwise, you'll end up with a brown mass of guacamole which is not very appetizing to look at.
Guacamole (Avacado Dip) .
Ingredients:
Ripe Avocado (large) - 1 no
Onion (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup
Tomato (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup
Juice of 1/2 lime
Salt to taste
Garlic (minced) - 1/2 tsp.
Green Chilli (minced) - 1 large
Coriander leaves (finely chopped) - 1 handful
Method:
Remove the pit and skin of the avocado.
Add the deskinned avocado to a mixing bowl and mash using a fork until it is smooth with a few chunks remaining. (If you prefer a creamy and smooth avocado base, continue to mash until there are no chunks left. )
Now add the juice of half a lime and mix well.
Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
Transfer the dip to a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve immediately.
Note:
If you like to make this dip a few hours before the serving time, then store the guacamole in an airtight container or cover the guacamole in cling wrap and chill in the refrigerator until use.
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