Guacamole or Avocado Dip

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Guacamole (Spanish word) is a dip or spread which originated from Mexico. Guacamole is an avocado based dip. Avocados are healthy bunch of fruits. They are rich in vitamins, minerals, high in fibre, carotenoids, saturated and monounsaturated fat. The right way to make a perfect guacamole is using fully ripe avocados. It is mainly used in sandwiches, spread, salad. Now this is our family favorite sandwich spread and if you want to check few more recipes using avocado then check the link brownie and pickle

Here goes the easy recipe

Course: Condiment

Cuisine: Mexico

Preparation time: 5 mins

Cooking time: 10 mins

Serves: 2 nos

Ingredients:

Avocado (ripe) -2 nos

Cheese-2 tbsp

Olive oil-2 tbsp

Green chili paste-1 tbsp

Lemon juice- 1/2 tbsp

Lemon zest-1 tsp

Oregano- 2 tsp

Salt as per taste

Sugar-1 tbsp

Black pepper powder-1 tsp

Method:

1. Cut the avocado into two halves, scoop out the pulp and mash it. Add this into blender.
2. Add cheese, green chili paste, olive oil, oregano, lemon juice and zest, sugar. Give a single whip to mix the ingredients.
3. Take this into a bowl, add salt and black pepper powder and mix well.
4. Guacamole or Avocado dip is ready to be used in sandwiches, dips or for parathas.
5. This can be refrigerated and used for 2- 4 days.

My Notes:

Feel free to experiment with the ingredients by keeping avocado and salt as base. Guacamole can be made smooth or chunky depending on individual taste.

Add lemon juice immediately to prevent browning.

Tomato, onion or any other veggie can be added and used for sandwich spread.

Adding cheese is optional, this can be substituted with tofu or paneer.