Learn to make the Best Guacamole from scratch with easily available fresh ingredients. With this easy-peasy Guacamole Recipe you can make this classic side dish easily at home. Making this famous dip just takes 5 minutes and then, you can relish its awesomeness with toasts, tacos, tortillas or any of your Mexican-inspired dishes.
Cut the avocado into two equal parts. Remove the ripe pulp with a spoon in a small mixing bowl.
Mix it with the rest of the chopped ingredients, salt, olive oil and lemon juice.
Add the seasonings - salt and freshly crushed black pepper. You can even opt to chop the avocado pulp and then mix with the remaining ingredients.
Thoroughly mix all the fresh ingredients with a spoon. Mash the avocado while mixing.
Serve this best, homemade and simple Guacamole with toast, tortilla chips, nachos or as an accompaniment with a burrito or quesadilla.
You can garnish with chopped coriander leaves while serving.
Storage
If you have any leftovers, put them in a small air-tight container and make the surface smooth. Cover it with a thin layer of olive oil or a bit of lemon juice to keep air away. Seal with the lid.
When you're ready to eat it, you can either mix in the oil/juice or pour it off. If you do this right, your guacamole can stay fresh for up to 2 days.
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Notes
Avocado: Always use a ripe avocado. If the avocados are not ripe, then cover with a paper towel or keep them in a brown paper bag. Place on the kitchen counter for some days till they ripen. A well ripened avocado will give in and yield, when you squeeze it with a gentle pressure.
Optional ingredients: You can skip the tomatoes, garlic and olive oil in the recipe. Add some more crunch by using 1 small to medium cucumber and 1 small bell pepper in the recipe.
Ground peppers: You can add black pepper or cayenne pepper. You can even add sweet paprika or smoked paprika.
Spicing: To increase the heat and spiciness, add more serrano peppers or green chillies or jalapeño.
Spices: You can even add a bit of ground cumin in the Guacamole.
Seasoning: Use your favorite salt. I prefer to add black salt, Himalayan pink salt or edible rock salt, alone or in combination.
Substitutions: Instead of coriander leaves, you can add fresh parsley. If you do not have fresh herbs, then replace with about ½ to 1 teaspoon of dried parsley or basil.
Taste as you go: Keep on tasting your guacamole as you add the ingredients so that you whip up a perfectly balanced and flavored guacamole that suits your taste buds.
Scaling: This recipe serves 2 and can be easily scaled by decreasing or increasing the ingredients.