Ingredients

1. Ripe avocados - 1
2. Spring onion  – 2
3. Garlic cloves - 2
4. Chillies (mild) – 2
5. Coriander leaves (finely chopped) - 2 tbsp
6. Lime – 1/2 or lemon juice
7. Salt - as per taste
8. Cherry tomatoes – 4 or ordinary tomato - 1

Method

1. Roast or char grill garlic, green chilli, spring onion and tomato, keep it aside.
2. Cut avocados in half. Remove seed. Scoop out avocado from the peel, put in a mixing bowl.
3. First add garlic, chilli, spring onion (chop and add to the pestle mortal), crush coarsely.
4. Add avocado and tomato, crush in the pestle and mortal. You can crush avocado with other ingredients as per your consistency.
5. Transfer guacamole into a bowl, add chopped coriander leaves, lime juice, salt, and mix well.
6. If pestle and mortal is not available, using a fork, mash the avocado and other ingredients. Chilli’s vary individually in their hotness. More easy way, just put the ingredients in a food processor.
7. Serve immediately or can chill in fridge for 1/2 hr to 1 hr.

Notes

1. You can add chopped onion for the crunchy taste in the guacamole.
2. You can increase or reduce other ingredients as per taste.
3. Add chilli to the guacamole to your desired degree of hotness. Be careful handling the chillies, wash your hands thoroughly after handling and do not touch your eyes or the area near your eyes with your hands for several hours.
4. Always prepare guacamole in the end and serve immediately. Just before serving, chop the tomato; add to the guacamole and mix.
5. Place the seed of the avocado on the guacamole; press inside the guacamole lightly a little bit inside into a serving dish, if it is done (it will prevent from oxidation, that is guacamole becoming brown), but some say it is a myth . you can just cover tightly with the cling film, avoiding oxidation. If desired, chill for up to two hours before serving.

Variations

6. For a very quick guacamole just take a 1/4 cup of readymade salsa or homemade salsa and mix it in with your mashed avocados.
7. The simplest version of guacamole is just mashed avocados with salt. You can avoid garlic and spring onion and can just add chopped onion and tomatoes and chilli as per your taste.
8. I sometimes buy guacamole from the super market; they add sour cream, to make guacamole more creamy and soft.
9. Place the avocado flesh in a plastic or ceramic bowl and mash with whatever is handy (fork, potato masher, etc.) until you reach a smooth consistency (You can make it as smooth or as chunky as you like). Add the tomatoes, onion and chillies and combine thoroughly. Add lime juice and salt to taste.