This quick and easy avocado salad made with creamy textured, nutty flavoured ripe avocados, tomatoes, red onions, spices and a few fresh herbs. A healthy and delicious side dish that’s perfect for a summer lunch or dinner!
What is an Avocado?
An avocado is a bright green coloured fruit with a large pit and dark greenish to brown leathery skin. Due to their pear like shape they also known as alligator pears or butter fruit. Avocados is a favourite ingredients in the Mexican cuisine. It is used in making salads, meats, burritos, soup,smoothies,and sweets etc.
Avocados are very high in omega 3 fatty acids which helps in reducing cholesterol and improve heart health.
About Quick and Easy Avocado Salad Recipe
Avocado salad is my favourite salad in summers when these are in abundance and has the best flavour. I can eat this salad daily. Herbs and spices added to this salad add an aromatic flavour to this avocado salad.
Preparation of this super delicious salad is very easy. No cooking or sauteing, just cutting and mixing all the ingredients and it’s ready to serve. Lemon juice and green coriander leaves provide a next-level freshness and aroma.
This quick and easy avocado salad recipe is ready in no minutes and is very nutritious for health. You can serve it as a side with your meal at lunch or dinner time. It can also be served as a meal itself if you are on weight loss diet.
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Why this Quick Avocado Salad Recipe
- Healthy and nutritious
- Easy to make
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Diabetic-friendly
- Kids-friendly
Asian Avocado Salad Recipe Ingredients
Avocado– Choose well ripe avocado with a creamy texture and nutty taste.
Onion– Red onion that adds a sharpness to the taste is used. You can also replace it with light yellow coloured onion if you don’t its taste.
Tomato– bright red coloured tomato is used to add colour to the salad. Small-sized cherry tomatoes can also be used.
Green coriander leaves– addition of coriander leaves make the salad aromatic. Other fresh herbs like mint leaves, cilantro or basil can be used according to your taste buds.
Jalapeno– adds spiciness o the salad. They are mildly spiced, you can also skip it if don’t want the salad spicy, replace it with black pepper powder.
Lemon juice– Adds a tangy flavour to the salad and improves the taste.
Spices– black salt, rock salt and roasted cumin seeds powder are added to enhance the flavour of the salad. you are free to add any other spice of your choice.
Health Benefits of Eating Avocado
- They are a great source of potassium (485 mg/100gm) even banana has only 358mg/100gm potassium levels. It helps in lowering down the blood pressure.
- They are packed with mono saturated fats that reducing bad cholesterol (LDL) without affecting the levels of good cholesterol (HDL).
- Avocado are rich in folate that is important for proper brain function of baby during pregnancies.
- Include avocado in your diet is a good way to increase fibre content. It conatins 7gm of fibre per 100 gm.
- It contains lutein, an antioxidant which helps in reducing an eye disease called macular degeneration which is one of the leading causes of blindness in the elderly.
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How to Make Avocado Salad at Home-Step by Step Preparation
1.Cut avocado from center, remove seed and scoop it out. Cut it into small pieces. Transfer to a bowl.
2. Now chop tomato and onion and transfer to the same bowl.
3. Cut jalapeno into small pieces and transfer to the same bowl.
4.Now sprinkle black salt or sendha namak, roasted cumin seeds powder and chaat masala in the bowl. Squeeze one lemon juice and add some chopped green coriander leaves. Mix them once.
5. Now Transfer it into a serving bowl and garnish with some chopped coriander leaves and serve immediately.
Serving Suggestions
Serve this nutritious vegan asian avocado salad recipe with main meals or can be eaten as a meal if you are on dieting.
Tips and Tricks
- For the best taste choose well ripe avocado.
- Cut avocado just before serving as it will change colour after cutting.
- You can also increase the quantity of tomato and onion according to your requirement.
- Add more lemon juice to increase the tanginess.
- You can also add some cucumber or bell pepper to the salad if you want.
- You can also add herbs and spices of your choice.
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Quick and Easy Avocado Salad Recipe For Weight Loss
Ingredients
- 2 ripe avocado
- 1 meidum sized tomato
- 1 medium sized onion
- 2 jalapeno
- 1 lemon juice
- 1 tbsp green chopped coriander
- ¼ tsp black salt
- ¼ tsp sendha namak
- ½ tsp roasted cumin seeds powder
- ½ tsp chat masala
Instructions
- Cut avocado from centre, remove seed and scoop it out. Cut it into small pieces. Transfer to a bowl.
- Now chop tomato and onion and transfer to the same bowl.
- Cut jalapeno into small pieces and transfer to the same bowl.
- Now sprinkle black salt, sendha namak, roasted cumin seeds powder and chaat masala in the bowl. Squeeze one lemon juice and add some chopped green coriander leaves. Mix them once.
- Now Transfer it into a serving bowl and garnish with some chopped coriander leaves and serve immediately.
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Notes
2. Cut avocado just before serving as it will change colour after cutting.
3. You can also increase the quantity of tomato and onion according to your requirement.
4. Add more lemon juice to increase the tanginess.
5. You can also add some cucumber or bell pepper to the salad if you want.
6. You can also add herbs and spices of your choice.
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