Preparation Time : 5-8 minutes
Cooking Time : nil
Serving : 4 members
Description
Avocado was one ingredient that I used to wonder as to what is this when ever seen in magazines and recipes ?? A fruit or a vegetable ?? How will it taste to a million doubts in mind . Not knowing that it was the same fruit that I buy on my every visit to Kodaikanal but known as butter fruit locally . All I used to do was add sugar and blend it with chilled water and serve it as a fresh fruit juice . Once when watching the telly about a Mexican food show , I took note of the seed and it was similar to the butter fruit seed . Those days of no google where we had to assume and get things right let me to come to a conclusion of both the fruits are the same . Latter when I had access to the world wide net , did check and confirmed my doubt . For all the lost time , now the avocado is available locally at my place and now sky is the limit to play around it with a bit of innovation. Like wise , this was one try with a twist of replacing boiled chick peas with avocado pulp as a healthy alternative . Now this is served at home both as a daily fare and as part of festive occasions. The beauty of this dish lies in the fact that there is no cooking over the stove top , simple recipe to follow , big on flavours , it’s yum , creamy and can be done at the last minute that’s low on effort . Pressed for time ? Don’t fret , this recipe will have you out of the kitchen in a jiffy .
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Ripe avocados/ butter fruit | 2 cups flesh alone |
| tahini paste | 2 tablespoons ( roasted saseme paste 1/2 cup ground with 1/4 cup olive oil together to a smooth paste is tahini paste ) |
| garlic | 2 pods |
| lime | ½ nos |
| olive oil | 2 table spoons |
| salt | to taste |
| cumin powder | 1/2 teaspoon |
| chilli flakes | 1/4 teaspoon |
Method
- Grind avocado flesh tahini paste , garlic and olive oil together to a smooth , thick , creamy paste .
- Add salt to taste and lime juice . Mix well . Taste and adjust .
- In a shallow plate , spread the hummus . Top with cumin powder and chilli flakes .
- Make a dent in the Center and pour some olive oil . Top with a spring of coriander leaf . serve with vegetable sticks , pita bread or normal toasted bread sticks .
- I use vegetables like carrot , celery sticks , capsicums , cucumbers ……..
