Avocado and Mango with Chili, Lime and Pickled Ginger
Days are heating up in Texas! It is still nice enough to enjoy some breezy evenings and occasional cloudy days. Days are warmer which triggers the urge to cool down with liquids and light salads. This is a simple, sensuous and elegant salad with nice soothing hues.
I need to get beach ready… 😉 LOL..no not that extreme, but I do feel I need to tone down a teensy bit and I have been doing the low carb – almost raw diet on and off. Doing this once in a while refreshes my body and cleanses the system. This happens to be one of those weeks. I have been seeing the combo of mango and avocado around (check out Daily Musings or at Diet, Dessert and Dogs) and could not resist to make myself some. Juicy sweet mango, creamy avocado, tangy lime, fresh cilantro, sweet baby ginger with a sprinkle of chili. I was intrigued last year when I saw Ben (What’s Cooking) use chili powder and lime with ripe mangoes. He mentions that mangoes with chili are lime are a favorite street food in Mexico.
This is a refreshing summer salad with no particular recipe. I almost feel guilty posting salad with some cut up fruits, but it was so good!  The salad has no dressing except some fresh lime and a sprinkle of chili powder. A good friend had given a gift of these sweet pickled baby gingers from Taiwan and they are delicious just by themselves.
I have been biting into those crunchy little things – so sweet and refreshing. Some of the gingers were chopped into the salad; they made a great addition.
Avocado and Mango with Chili, Lime and Pickled Ginger
Ingredients:
- 1 ripe but firm avocado, stone & skin removed and sliced
- 1 ripe but firm mango, peeled, stone removed and sliced
- 1 ripe sweet yellow tomato, sliced
- some fresh cilantro/coriander
- a few baby pickled ginger, chopped
- fresh lime
- a pinch of salt or to taste
- a sprinkle of red chili powder
Preparation:Combine all the fruits. Sprinkle the salt on the fruits and lightly toss. Arrange the sliced tomatoes, mangoes and avocados in a dish.
Add the cilantro/fresh coriander. Sprinkle the chopped pickled ginger as you would do with croutons.
Drizzle the lime juice and top it off with some chili powder.
Very refreshing on a hot day. The avocados are creamy and buttery, the mango and the tomatoes are sweet and juicy – along with the crunchy ginger and lime and a hint of heat, it is an amazing blend of texture and taste.
The salad is on its way to NCR MAY: Mexican, hosted by Lisa of Lisa’s Vegetarian Kitchen.
Want the mango avocado with a twist? Try to add some:
Black Beans or Any kind of cooked beans
Lime/Lemon Zest
Nuts
Related Posts:
Moroccan Carrot and Orange Salad
Shepherd’s Salad (Coban Salatasi)
Summer Salad with Lavender Citrus Dressing
Avocado and Roasted Corn Salsa
not the typical kind of things that one would normally put together, but I am sure it is a great combo for summer!
A healthy, fresh and delightful salad! here it is still too fresh for May and the sun sin’t shing, so I’ll have to wait in order to eat sudh dishes!
Cheers,
Rosa
Irresistible combination isn’t it? I actually quite like ripe mangoes with chili powder and we used to enjoy those as kids when mangoes were in abundance. I will stop before I feel like I have to make a trip to India right away.
Raw mango with chili and salt are a favorite street food in south India too. Lovely lovely combination. Like Indo, I would want to go to India for those mangoes.
I love this salad! I wish I could get a hold of these baby gingers! adorable little things!
Very unusual combination…kintu dekhe khoob lobh lagche :-p Amar fridge e duto aam rakha ache , now I know what to do with them 🙂
Your last click is so tempting…Amio Mango base recipe post korlam kalke so same pinch!!
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
I want to try this!!!
It seems so fresh…and I very curiuos about unusual combination…
But I’m sure I’m not going to find baby pickled ginger…
This looks so refreshing and yum….wow
Refreshing indeed…the fruits with the spice and citrus.
I love raw foods every once in a while,the vibrant salad looks like a healthy indulgence 😀
Very flavorful and colorful dish Soma! I love raw mangoes…mouth watering 🙂
Sounds absolutely perfect for summer dish, very refreshing!!!
Salad sounds so delicious and unique!
I love how you pair those fruits and vegetables together. The more I think about this, the more I think I will like it, especially during summer 🙂 Love the colors.
Love mango and avocado!!!This is the perfect salad for me 🙂 Fantastic!
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Gorgeous, I am drooling over here!
This is mouth-watering. I am gonna make it and get your approval on it soon. I love cilantro!
I am back from a Mexican lunch and all that freshness is still playing in my head. Thanks for sharing, Soma.
Avocado and mango – a wonderful and refreshing combination. Makes me think tropical, beachtime, warm weather! Wish we were having the warmth right now — it’s cooold!
I love the lightness of this dish. The squeeze of lime with chili is a perfect touch of flavor.
Light & fruity and perfect for hot days!
Just lovely Soma. I am always delighted to get a submission from you. Thank you!
The colors are so vibrant. My mouth was watering before reading the recipe. What a perfect summer treat.
Gorgeous salad, perfect for a hot summer day…
Excellent and inviting salad Soma.
Wonderful combo of ingredients and flavours! Mango and chili…yum
You had the patience to cut mangoes? And put them in a salad? 😛
Nice colours, Soma! Very summery.
Your salad is colorful and beautiful! This is a great warm-weather dish. I’d love to try that kind of pickled ginger. Sounds fantastic with the other ingredients!
So sorry I missed this post until now! It looks so delicious–fresh, light, and refreshing. Such a perfect combination of ingredients, isn’t it? 😀
That definitely does look incredibly delicious and certainly nothing to feel guilty about! Beautiful colors!
Tres bon site, merci a vous