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Avocado Cilantro Dressing (Creamy and Healthy)

By Jigna
Avocado Cilantro Dressing is a five-minute recipe that makes creamy, delicious, fresh, and healthy sauce or dip. It requires a few ingredients and can be used in various dishes!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Cuisine Mexican, World
Course Condiments, Side Dish
Diet Healthy, Jain, No Onion No Garlic, Vegetarian
Servings 0.75 Cup

Ingredients
  

  • ½ ripe avocado
  • ½ cup roughly chopped cilantro
  • 1 small green chili
  • ¼ cup Greek yogurt or sour cream (or use plain yogurt)
  • ½ teaspoon salt (or to taste)
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup water (add more as needed to adjust the consistency)
  • Lime juice to taste

Instructions
 

  • Add all the ingredients to a high-speed blender. Start slow and then increase the speed to make a smooth mixture.
  • If the mixture is too thick, add water as needed to reach a dressing-like consistency.
  • Use it immediately or store it in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to a week.

Serving Suggestions

  • Use it as a dressing for your favorite salad. For example, it goes well with a fresh summer salad or bean salad.
  • This dressing can also be used for pasta salad.
  • You can use this sauce for the zucchini noodles.
  • Serve it with vegetarian chimichangas or bean burritos.
  • Drizzle the sauce over enchiladas or nachos.
  • You can also drizzle the sauce on the Mexican Bhel before serving.
  • This dressing can be used as a dip with tortilla chips.
  • If you want creamy and rich but egg-free dipping sauce for your pizza night, this one is a great option!

Notes

  1. Avocado: Use only ripe avocado; the unripe avocado will make the dressing bitter and unpleasant. However, do not use overripe avocado, which is stringy and has many brown spots.
  2. Green Chili: If you do not want even a mild heat in your sauce, skip it. Or, instead of green chili, you can use jalapeno pepper.
  3. Yogurt or Sour Cream: You can use either one! Greek yogurt and sour cream make the sauce creamier and richer, but plain yogurt also works.
  4. Consistency: You can keep the consistency to your choice. If you want to use it for salad or to drizzle, keep it thinner, and to use it as a dipping sauce, keep it thicker.
    Scaling: You can easily double the recipe to make it in a large quantity.

Nutrition (Approximate Values)

Calories : 203kcalCarbohydrates : 12gProtein : 4gFat : 17gSaturated Fat : 3gPolyunsaturated Fat : 2gMonounsaturated Fat : 10gCholesterol : 8mgSodium : 1205mgPotassium : 638mgFiber : 7gSugar : 4gVitamin A : 753IUVitamin C : 13mgCalcium : 98mgIron : 1mg
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