Guacamole Recipe, a popular Mexican dip or spread that is made with avocado, onions, tomatoes, chilli pepper, garlic and lemon juice. Creamy Avocado dip is best served with tortilla chips or corn tortilla chips. In this blog post, learn how to make authentic way of making guacamole in a molcajete with step by step pictures and video.
Guacamole
During the earlier days I have never seen avocado in my place. But now it is easily available. My first avocado post on this blog is made with butter fruit. Even though it taste similar but the look appears slightly different. This is an updated post of my old guacamole recipe. This version is improvised and taste so delicious.
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Guacamole, I fell in love with it. Ever since I have been making it more often. It is my go-to dip for tortilla chips. You can serve it with tortillas as a spread. It taste so good.
About Guacamole (Avocado Dip)
Guacamole is a popular Mexican dip or spread made with avocados. It has chopped onions, tomatoes, cilantro, Jalapeno and lemon juice as flavouring. It is nothing but all the ingredients mashed together to create this mushy dip. Even though making avocado dip is super easy and simple, there are few tips and tricks which I learned over the years to get the best tasting guacamole. Check my Veg Fajitas and Veg Quesadilla.
Picking the best ripe avocado is one of the important step. Read below to see how to pick the perfect avocado of all time. Make sure to chop all the ingredients really fine so it melts into the dip. Taste and adjust lemon juice and salt to your taste. Mash the avocado just right so the texture is more chunky and not like baby food. This is one of the healthy dish ever which can be used as a dip, spread or side dish too.
Traditionally guacamole is made using molcajete which is made using lava stone. Due to its porous texture, you can grind garlic and herbs easily. Authentic guacamole is made and served in molcajete. I made it using my trustable mortar and pestle to replicate the authenticity.
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My Guacamole Recipe
As you all know by now I love guacamole. I make sure to have a container of this in the fridge most of the time to serve with my tortilla chips. Over the years I have perfected the recipe by making it multiple times. Here are my tips and why this recipe works!
- Make sure to add garlic, it adds a mild garlic aroma to the dip. Use just one clove of garlic, don't add too much garlic which may over power the dip.
- I add a bit of coriander stalks along with garlic when mudlling, which blends into the guacamole while making it more fresh.
- Make sure to add some finely cubed avocado in the end which adds contrast texture.
- Always taste and adjust lemon juice to your taste.
- Be generous with the cilantro leaves for fresh taste.
Guacamole Ingredients
Avocado - Picking the best & ripe avocado is one of the most important step. Make sure to read below to see how to pick the perfect avocado of all time.
Onion & Tomato - add in finely chopped onion and tomato into the guacamole for taste.
Garlic - Make sure to add garlic, it adds a mild garlic aroma to the dip. Use just one clove of garlic, don't add too much garlic which may over power the dip.
Lemon - taste and adjust lemon juice to taste. It preserves the colour and taste.
Coriander stalks & leaves - add a bit of coriander stalks along with garlic when crushing, which blends into the guacamole while making it more fresh.
Chilli pepper - Jalapeno is added for taste, texture and spicy kick.
Choosing Best Avocado for Guacamole
Make sure to use ripe avocado for making guacamole. It makes all the difference. But many people struggle to choose ripe avocado. Here are my tips and tricks to choose avocado.
- Make sure your avocado is black and looks fresh.
- Press the area near the avocado stalk. If it is slightly soft, then the avocado is ready.
- Try and removing the stem portion from the avocado, if it pops open easily then it is ready to cut in half.
- If your avocado is firm, try placing it with banana it will ripe faster.
How to Make Guacamole (Stepwise Pictures)
Mashing garlic
1)Add in garlic into the mortar and pestle.
2)Add in Jalapeno pepper or chillies.
3)Add in coriander stalk into the mortar and pestle.
4)Add in salt into the mortar and pestle.
5)Grind together till it gets crushed and pureed.
6)Make sure it is crushed well.
7)Add in some of the onions and lemon juice.
8)Crush it slightly. so it is pulverised.
9)Choose ripe avocado, Cut the avocado in half.
10)Scoop the flesh from the avocado. Add it into the mortar and pestle.
11)Crush it slightly so it mash well.
12) mashed avocado is ready.
13)Now cube the remaining half into small pieces and add into the mashed avocado.
14)Add in chopped onions, tomatoes into the avocado.
15)Add in coriander leaves, lemon juice.
16)Mix well. Avocado dip, Guacamole is ready.
17)Serve guacamole with tortilla chips.
18)Enjoy.
Expert Tips
- Make sure to add garlic, it adds a mild garlic aroma to the dip. Use just one clove of garlic, don't add too much garlic which may over power the dip.
- I add a bit of coriander stalks along with garlic when mudlling, which blends into the guacamole while making it more fresh.
- Make sure to add some finely cubed avocado in the end which adds contrast texture.
- Always taste and adjust lemon juice to your taste.
- Be generous with the cilantro leaves for fresh taste.
Storage & Serving
You can make avocado and store it in an air tight container in fridge upto 3 to 4 days. Enjoy guacamole with tortilla chips.
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Guacamole Recipe | Avocado Dip Recipe
Equipment
- mortar and pestle
Ingredients
- 1 no Avocado
- ½ cup Onion chopped very finely
- ¼ cup Tomato chopped very finely
- 4 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped finely
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice or to taste
For Grinding
- 1 clove Garlic peeled
- 1 no Green Chilli or Jalapeno pepper chopped finely
- 3 tbsp Coriander stalk chopped finely
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3 tbsp Onion peeled & chopped finely
- 1 tsp Lemon Juice or to taste
Instructions
- In a mortar and pestle, add in garlic, coriander stalk, salt, green chilli pepper and crush them into a fine puree. Now add in 3 tbsp chopped onions, 1 tsp lemon juice and crush again till slightly crushed.
- Cut open a ripe avocado, scoop half of the flesh into the mortar and pestle and crush them into a coarse mixture. Now cut the remaining half of avocado into small pieces and fold into the prepared avocado mixture and mix well.
- Now add in onions, tomato, coriander leaves and lemon juice. Mix well. Serve with chips or tortilla.
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Notes
- Make sure to add garlic, it adds a mild garlic aroma to the dip. Use just one clove of garlic, don't add too much garlic which may over power the dip.
- I add a bit of coriander stalks along with garlic when mudlling, which blends into the guacamole while making it more fresh.
- Make sure to add some finely cubed avocado in the end which adds contrast texture.
- Always taste and adjust lemon juice to your taste.
- Be generous with the cilantro leaves for fresh taste.
Storage & Serving
You can make avocado and store it in an air tight container in fridge upto 3 to 4 days. Enjoy guacamole with tortilla chips.Nutrition
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Anonymous
Where can I get avacado in nagercoil
Aarthi
@AnonymousI got it in kandasamy veg shop near skp super market and swiss bakers
Anonymous
avacados are gud for weight loss..so expecting more receipes from u aarthi
Anonymous
Awesome tip of keeping the seed! Thank you
Anonymous
you recipes are great aarthi, keep posting more items with tasteful pictures.
I just want to share with you my knowledge abt Choosing avocados and making guacamole.
1. To check if it is ripe, the skin of the avocado will be purple in color and when you slightly press it, the fruit will be smooth and mushy. then you know the fruit is ripe and ready to use. to ripen it faster, place the fruit with a banana inside the brown bag for a day, it will ripen quickly.
2. After cutting the fruit, if you notice the browning or blackening of the flesh, throw away the fruit cos it is starting to decay.
3. scoop the flesh with a spoon and instead of mashing it with a fork which will not do the job perfectly, put it in a blender along with green chilies, cilantro, lemon/lime juice, salt and pulse it until the avocado is smooth without any lumps and all other ingredients are blended well with the fruit. transfer it to a bowl, then add onions andor tomato and mix well. ready to serve.
4. Keep in mind, u can only store it outside for 2 hrs because it changes the color due to air exposure and 2 days in the fridge tops. to avoid discoloration and to preserve the taste while storing in the fridge, u flatten the guacamole in the bowl and add a layer of water. the water will not allow water to pass to paste and so it will stay fresh and will not discolor quickly.
you can make smoothie, salad, make chapati, or just eat plainly with lemon, salt and pepper, tastes gr8.
Anonymous
@Anonymous
Sorry but your point # 2 is not correct. The blackening of the flesh is beacuse of the fruit is over ripe which is absolutely perfect. If you find the fruit is getting brown or black immediately after cutting it , is bacause the high iron context of the fruit which reacts when it come in touch with oxygen of the air. This all is perfectly normal.
Bhagyashree
Hi aarthi, guacamole will be good with just avacado, red onion , a little of lime juice with salt and ground pepper. It would be a great snack with nachos too...
Padma Srini
Typo error recepie
Padma Srini
Nice tip with the seed thanks Arthi ... ur revenues are very good keep posting
Barbara Lopez
I haven ‘t tried it yet but saw your recipe and knew it would very authentic and gourmet