Whole Enchiladas

"Whole" enchilada is a traditional Mexican recipe where stuffed (usually black-beans for vegetarian option) tortillas (I made multi-grain tortillas) are covered and cooked in tomatoes & chile based "enchilada" sauce. I served whole-enchiladas with a Corn-Mango-Avocado salsa (recipe below) on the side.

Quick Bean & Corn Quesadilla

A quick 10-min evening snack idea that your kids will love! For the stuffing, I made a sautéed black bean & corn mixture, and for the side I made a mild tomato salsa and served it with chopped avocados.

"Vegan" Savory Crepes

Last week at farmer's market we picked a crepe stand to eat our breakfast. I chose a savory crepe that had sautéed spinach, avocado, basil pesto, feta cheese in it and was too good. When asked, the crepe stand owner sounded very secretive about his recipe and did not want to share. Since then, I have been "seriously" researching on various crepe recipes from across the globe only to develop an eggless recipe of my own, which now happens to be vegan too. And, that's precisely one of the reasons why I love being a food blogger!!

Avocado Pasta

Want the best of both worlds?! Say hello to this creamy, filling & healthy pasta recipe that you can proudly add to your repertoire!!

One of the easiest pasta recipes around and undisputedly healthy... that too in under 20 mins! To all pasta-holics out there, this is one great recipe for your busy mornings...!!

Avocado Raita

This cool & refreshing avocado, cucumber and mint raita is a healthy tweak to your regular raita's and a great way to add yogurt to your diet.

Avocado gives this raita a thick & solid base and so, you could even use buttermilk to make this raita. If using yogurt, add required water to thin it out. Use greek yogurt / sour cream to make this raita and voila.. you've just made yourself a creamy & healthy dip for your veggies & chips!!

Quinoa-Avocado-Mango Salad

With super foods like quinoa & avocado, the options are endless!

Breakfast Burrito

A healthy Mexican spin on the regular breakfast, "breakfast burritos" minus the eggs ofcourse. But hey, what if there are no eggs? Every other ingredient in this recipe is nutritious & golden. Corn, black beans, avocado.. I wouldn't want to alter a single thing in this recipe, it's that good.

But, if you are particular about including eggs in your breakfast, just scramble the eggs and add it to your burritos (or) scramble some tofu and add it to the burrito.. Now, how do you like that idea?! Personally, I have not tried tofu in burritos but I bet it should be good & healthy.

Corn & Avocado Sandwich

A great way to start your mornings... t(o)asty, healthy, satisfying breakfast that you can put together in under 15 mins. Can you find a better recipe than this for your busy mornings??!! I don't think so..

Breakfasts have to be this good.. very quick & effective, no compromise on the ingredients, rightly portioned and perfectly filling.. can it get any better?! Just trust me and try this recipe for your breakfast tomorrow... and everything 'll start to make perfect sense for you!!

Buurrrrrrpppppp!!!

Avocado soup in a Bread bowl

"Necessity is the mother of all inventions", I don't who said it, but it is 100% true!!

Avacado Paratha

Avocado Paratha - does it sound weird? When it occurred to me, even I thought it to be a wacky idea. But after tasting, it was a different story altogether... couldn't praise myself enough for coming up with such a healthy recipe!!

I have read about the benefits of avocado, and I have always wanted to incorporate them some way or the other into my day-to-day menu (To those who don't know - Avocados are rich in Vitamin E, vitamin C, potential ant-oxidant, helps to reduce cholesterol). But, avocados never got its way into my recipes as my everyday menu is mostly rice based.

Last week, I had bought some avocados from store to make "the legendary and ever-popular" guacamole for my daughter who is a big fan of it. Last night, while making pudhina rotis is when it occurred to me - "why not use avocados in rotis?". Initially, I was a little skeptical, but developed whole lot of confidence after I googled to see if there are any pioneers with such an attempt and to my surprise, yes, there were lots of them and successful too!!

I have read that avocado is nature’s ghee/butter. So, when smooth & silky flesh of ripe avocados is kneaded into chapati flour, indeed it resulted in very soft & tasty parathas (the kind we always desire to make). This is a good way to disguise avocados for the non-avocado eaters, as it helps only in enhancing the flavor & texture per say, and doesn't add any new flavor of its own.

I wanted to make some dry vegetable curry to go with avocado parathas and so was it - Paneer Bhurji!

Basic Info
Complexity - Medium
Prep time - 45 mins
Cook time - 30 mins
Serves - 12-13 parathas

Ingredients
Wheat flour - 2 cups
Fresh & ripe avocados (pitted & fleshed) - 2 nos (about a cup of mashed avocados)
Onion powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Cilantro (washed & finely chopped) - 1/8 cup
Oil / Ghee - For brushing the parathas
Salt - 2 tsp

Method

In a large bowl, completely mash avocado flesh with back of a ladle. To this, add wheat flour,red chilli powder, onion powder, cilantro, salt. Bring the mixture together and make a smooth dough by adding water only if necessary (I did not add any water). Knead the dough for about 10 mins and let it rest for 30 mins. 

Take a small portion of the dough and make it into a ball. Using a rolling pin, roll the ball into a circle. Brush little oil over the circle and fold it into half. Brush a little oil and fold it again to make a triangle and roll out the triangle.

Heat a tawa / griddle and place the rolled paratha. Cook both sides until done (brush little oil/ghee on both the sides).

Serve them hot with any side of your choice and don't miss to notice the softness brought by the avocados. I am definitely going to make this parathas very often from now on. After all, who wouldn't want soft & healthy parathas?!