Source:

Katherine

Serves/Makes:12

Ingredients

• 3 cucumbers, peeled, seeded and diced.
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1 tsp (5 ml) ground cumin
• 1 tsp (5 ml) ground ancho chili (or chili powder)
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) chopped cilantro
• juice of 2 limes
• 1 quart (950 ml) of low-fat buttermilk
• 12 oz (336 grm). plain yogurt
• 5 ripe avocados
• 2 cups (475 ml) chicken stock or water
• salt
• pinch or more of cayenne pepper
• pinch of dried mint

Preparation

• Puree avocados with lime juice in a blender or food processor.
• Put puree into large bowl and wisk in yogurt, buttermilk, and chicken stock.
• Add chili powder, garlic, cumin, cayenne and mint.
• Stir in the diced cucumber.
• Taste for salt (at least 1/4 tsp)
• Garnish the soup with cilantro.

Comments

This soup also makes an interesting sorbet-base :)