Crispy Avocado fries at Bougainvillea
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Are you still eating french fries? Potato wedges? Leave the ordinary and say yes to avocado fries. Not guacamole, not avocado on toast, but avocado fries or avo fries. Puzzled? Avocado fries/avocado wedges are ready-to-eat avocados (not too mushy, not too hard) which are fried, either in panko crust or tempura style.
If one wants to avoid frying the batter-dipped wedges, they can be air-fried as well. The seasoned crust provides all the taste and crunch first and then comes the creaminess of the avocado.
Restaurants in Hyderabad introduced these fries as a healthy alternative option for vegetarians. The food industry is always looking to innovate. As a result, chefs do a lot of brainstorming with their teams.
Prabhjoth Bhargava, co-founder of the vegetarian cakery Sozo, says, “We wanted to offer more than regular fries. Avocados are consumed widely now in Hyderabad. Apart from being healthy, the butter fruit is tasty. So we decided to work on it. If there can be zucchini and broccoli fries, there can be avocado fries as well. We decided to do it in tempura style for diners to enjoy the avocado and not have to eat a lot of crust.”
Prabhjyot says the trick to a good avocado wedge is a perfectly ready fruit. “For ideal avo fries, selecting the perfect avocado is the trick. We source the avocados twice a day to avoid getting a fruit that is too soft or hard,” adds Prabhjyot.
The other place to try avocado fries in Hyderabad are Bounganville and Lord of the Drinks., where you get the Panko batter fried version.
Next time you want to order fries, do give this butter fruit a try. Considering the good properties of the fruit, hoping avocado fries will fare low on the calorie meter.
Published – January 16, 2025 02:15 pm IST
