THE STUDENT VEGETARIAN COOK BOOK

- METHOD -

Wash and dry the chilli. Trim off the stalk end, cut in half lengthways and discard the seeds. Cut out the white inner pith and dice the flesh as finely as possible. Wash your hands.

2 Trim and finely slice the onions. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Squeeze half the lemon.

3 Cut the avocado in half and ease out the stone (if you have space, plant it: it is easily grown and becomes an attractive houseplant). Mash the flesh with a fork. Add and stir in the prepared ingredients with a moderate pinch of salt and a little paprika. Taste and add a little juice from the second halfof the lemon and more salt or paprika as desired (quite a generous amount of salt is in fact needed, but it is wiser to add extra at the end than to put in too much before tasting).