Avocado recipes

Avocado recipes

Guacamole ala Jakarta A hot, delicious dip for fried cassava chips

Ingredients: 1/4 small onion 1-2 plump, seeded chili Serrano (or chili Toraja, a plump green chili available in supermarkets) 3 green chili paddy, seeded 2 sprigs fresh cilantro (daun ketumbar, Chinese parsley) 1/4 tsp salt or to taste 2 medium-ripe soft avocados, flesh scooped and mashed 1 red tomato, skinned, seeded and finely chopped 1/4 small onion, finely chopped 2 sprigs fresh cilantro, finely chopped

Method:

1. Grind onion, chili Serrano, chili paddy, cilantro sprigs and salt to make a fine paste 2. Add avocado to paste and mix in mortar 3. Mix in tomato, onion and chopped cilantro

Makes 3 portions. Serve immediately.

Krim apokat

Ingredients: 350 g ripe avocado, flesh scooped 2 pisang raja bananas, sliced 75 g red grapes 150 ml whipped cream

Method: 1. Divide avocado in two sundae glasses or similar 2. Add banana slices and grapes 3. Top with whipped cream

Makes 2 portions

Pai teler Kemayoran A pie from North Jakarta, where people are known for their culinary creations

Ingredients: Crust: 200 g wheat flour 100 g margarine 100 g ground sugar 1 egg 1 T powdered milk 1 T margarine, for greasing 1 egg yolk, for brushing the sides of the pie pan 1 medium-sized pie pan or plate

Filling: 500 ml thick coconut milk 2 egg yolks 3 T wheat flour 5 T sugar 1 T powdered milk 1 package colorless agar-agar (available in most supermarkets) 300 g avocado flesh, pureed

Garnish: 100 g ripe avocado, sliced 50 g ripe jackfruit, sliced 50 g young coconut flesh, scraped

Method: 1. Mix flour, margarine, sugar, yolks and powdered milk into a dough and knead until smooth 2. Grease the pie pan or plate and press the dough onto the bottom and around 2 cm up the sides, forming a shell. Brush with egg yolk and bake 35 minutes in medium heat oven or until done and golden. Set aside and let cool. 3. Mix coconut milk, yolks, flour, sugar, powdered milk and agar- agar in a saucepan. Let it come to the boil slowly while stirring. Add avocado puree to the mixture, lower flame. Continue cooking until filling thickens. Cool. 4. Pour filling into baked shell, garnish with avocado slices, jackfruit and young coconut. Place in freezer for 15-20 minutes until set.

Makes 10 servings

-- Suryatini N. Ganie