How To Know When An Avocado Is Ripe

An exotic fruit with an oily pulp and a lot of useful properties, it is a popular ingredient in many dishes, especially various salads and snacks.

An exotic fruit with an oily pulp and a lot of useful properties, it is a popular ingredient in many dishes, especially various salads and snacks.

Avocados can often be found in markets and supermarket shelves. However, often after acquiring this fruit, we are disappointed - the fruit turns out to be hard and tasteless.

Therefore, when choosing an avocado, it is important to know how to determine its maturity.

 

So here are some tips to help you choose a ripe avocado.

First of all, you should pay attention to the density of the fetus.

If its flesh does not squeeze through, then the avocado is not ripe. At the same time, when pressed, there should not be a feeling that the pulp inside has turned into a puree.

This indicates the overripeness of the fetus and its possible damage.

Ideally, a slight dent should form on the surface of the fruit when pressed, which will smooth out almost immediately. In this case, the fruit is ready to eat.

 

Another sign of avocado ripeness is the peeling of the pit from the pulp.

Shake the fruit and listen: if the fruit is ripe, a tapping sound will be heard. A dull sound, on the contrary, is characteristic of an unripe fruit.

When looking for a ripe avocado, also pay attention to the color of the area under the stalk.

Brown is a sign that the fruit is overripe, yellow is not ripe, and bright green indicates that the fruit has reached perfect maturity.

But if for some reason an unripe avocado was still purchased, do not despair. Just place it in a paper bag and let it ripen at room temperature. If necessary, you can speed up this process by adding one or more bananas to the avocado bag.

Ripe avocados can be used to make many wonderful dishes, such as a healthy vegetable salad and the popular Mexican snack guacamole.

Avocado salad

 

A delicious avocado salad recipe.

Ingredients:

tomatoes - 500 g cucumber - 1 pc. red onion - 1/2 pc. avocado - 2 pcs. olive oil - 2-3 tbsp. lemon juice - 2-3 tablespoons cilantro (or parsley) - a small bunch salt and ground black pepper - to taste

Prepare avocados, cucumbers and tomatoes, peel them, cut into cubes, onions into half rings. Chop fresh herbs. Transfer the vegetables to a deep bowl, sprinkle with lemon juice, salt and pepper, add oil.

Mix all salad ingredients well and serve! If desired, you can let the dish brew for 10-15 minutes. It will taste even better.

Guacamole

 

And to prepare the guacamole appetizer sauce, you will need:

avocado - 1 pc. lemon - 1 pc. chili pepper - 1 pc. garlic - 2 cloves tomato - 1 pc. cilantro - 1 bunch salt - to taste

 

Remove the stone from the avocado, peel the pulp and chop it in a convenient way (with a fork) to a puree state, sprinkle with lemon juice. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes and remove the skin. Finely chop the prepared tomatoes, greens, peeled garlic and hot pepper pulp (without seeds).

Combine the ingredients until smooth (if desired, you can use a blender), add salt to taste. Bon appetit!

Sugar free avocado chocolate pudding

 

From avocados, you can easily prepare an unusual and healthy dessert - sugar-free chocolate pudding.

You will need:

avocado - 1 pc., banana - 1 pc., cocoa powder - 1-2 tbsp. l., dates - 3-6 pcs.

Using a blender, puree the pulp of the avocado and banana. Remove the pits from the dates, add them to the fruit puree along with cocoa powder, combine the ingredients in a blender.

The perfect dessert is ready! Serve it in bowls with fresh or dried orange slices. This is delicious!

When choosing an avocado, be sure to follow our recommendations, as well as cook delicious and healthy dishes from it. You won't be disappointed!