Celebrating 1st Blog Anniversary with Avocado Shrikhand :)

Hi all....I am Good Food and I am the birthday baby.......yes, I just turned 1 today :). Hurray !!   I like to thank all of you who have been a part of this journey with me. Hope you could find your destinations...I mean, a good food here :) I thoroughly enjoyed a year long journey with you all, I appreciate each one of you for stopping by and hope to see you all the coming year too :)

Friends...It's celebration time.....its my blog's first anniversary. Though I had saved a few recipes in my blog which was private initially, I made my lil space visible to all on this day, last year.  I can't believe that a year has passed by. Still I feel I am a novice in this blogosphere. I am not a cooking expert..but I am just a foodie, who loves to cook, learn, share and experiment.

I would like to initially thank my husband who has encouraged me right from the beginning.  Without his support, I could have never reached here. Then I would like to thank my lil naughty son, who made blogging as a challenge to me by making me busy all the time...I am happy I have won that challenge so far :). I would like to thank my mother who is a wonderful cook from whom I picked up the basics of cooking and my sister who is also a good cook , she gave me some lovely props too. Finally I would like to thank each one of you for your constant support, encouraging words and wishes. The best part is that blogging gave me many friends and a handful of close friends.  A big THANK YOU to all dear friends and readers out there.

Another great news on this lovely occasion is that I have won a $20 gift card as a giveaway prize from Sangeetha of San's Kitchen. This was really a surprise and I will cherish this as this is my first giveaway win ever. Thanx a lot Sangeetha for the lovely gift :)

To celebrate this special day, I am presenting yet another simple and yum recipe...Avocado Shrikhand...sounds interesting rt? I just love this fruit and I am trying to include avocado in different and interesting forms in our diet. This is the second time I am making this dessert.  Lovely green colour and yummilicious one  ...very simple to make...special  dessert for any special occasion :)

Dedicating this special post to my husband and my son :)

Serves 2-3

You need...

1 cup Hung / Greek Yoghurt (Refer Notes below)
1/2 cup Avocado (scooped out)
1/2 cup Sugar
2 tbsp Milk
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
2 tbsp Almonds / Pistachios

To prepare...


Blend avocado, milk, sugar and cardamom powder into a smooth thick paste.

Mix thoroughly the yoghurt and avocado paste with a spoon in a bowl.

Add some nuts and mix (save some for garnishing).

Chill this for 2-3 hours.

Serve it with some nuts as topping. Enjoy the lovely Avocado Shrikhand.

Notes:

* It is best to prepare this fresh and enjoy the dessert at the earliest as green colour of the avocado might slowly fade off.

* How to prepare Hung yoghurt at home?


Put the regular yoghurt in a thin clean cloth, tie it tight and hang inside the refrigerator for few hours. Keep a bowl under it so as to collect all the water drained. After this process, you will get very thick creamy hung yoghurt.

You can also buy the Hung / Greek Yoghurt from store. I have used store brought Hung yoghurt here.

* What if you haven't used up the whole Avocado for making Shrikhand ?

Try one of these recipes : Avocado Milkshake or Eggless Avocado Cake or a lovely Mexican dip Guacamole :)

Sending this to the following events:

Kitchen Chronicles- Summer Splash hosted by Sangee, an event by Kalyani. 
I'm the Star by Rasi
Healthy Morsels event at Taste of Pearl City 
Fast Food, not Fat Food event hosted by Uma , an event by Priya 
ABC Series: Fruit Fiesta by Ramya
Beat the Heat at My Cook Book