Waka-mole... Waka what?

Guacamole or wakaˈmole in Spanish; is sometimes informally referred to as "guac". Originally developed by the Aztecs in what’s now Mexico or Mehico! This is an avocado based dip that’s been made famous by the new age, millennial, gluten intolerant, lactose intolerant, oversized beanie and wayfarer sporting hipster crowd. Also, surprisingly National Guacamole Day is celebrated on the Mexican Independence Day, i.e., 16^th September.

Now, unlike most of the people, I didn’t come across avocados during the Hipster Revolution of 2015. In fact, I came across this super food during my son Zayn’s Super Stinky Diaper Revolution, i.e., when he moved onto solid foods! So, like any other parent we googled what we could give our baby to start things off. Other than the usual carrot, apple, etc. etc.  we came across avocado. If you’re looking for this in India, you might want to look for Makhanphool. Your local bhaiyaji will not know what an avocado is.

Over time we started incorporating avo into a lot of our meals. An all-time favourite at my place is a simple avocado and egg-based breakfast with toast.

So, you’ll need:

2-3 large avocados

2 fresh green chillies deseeded

Fresh coriander and mint leaves chiffonade cut

Juice from 1 lime

Tabasco sauce

Worcestershire sauce

Salt and ground pepper per preference

In recent years, European medical agencies have defined a condition called ‘Avocado Hand’, which is an injury commonly attended to by them when humans are trying to prepare avocados. So, if you haven’t handled this fruit before I’d suggest that you look up some tutorials before you get an Avocado hand.

Once you have safely extracted the flesh of the fruit, mash it all up with the dry and wet ingredients. You’ll need to play around and balance the the amount of salt, lime juice, Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce. The trick is to keep tasting.

Once your guac is ready, fry up some sunny side up eggs and toast. Layer the eggs and a guac on the toast and enjoy!