Avocat aux crevettes

Avocat au crevettes is a Senegalese appetizer that is based on avocados, shrimps, and chickpeas or black-eyed peas. The dish consists of avocado purée (made with ripe avocados, lemon juice, and yogurt or sour cream), cooked shrimps, boiled chickpeas or black-eyed peas, tomato slices, onions, wedges or slices of hard-boiled eggs, slices of pimientos, lettuce, parsley, and seasonings. All the ingredients are placed in a specific order on a serving plate that results in an elegant and colorful dish. Shredded lettuce goes on the bottom of the plate, followed by chickpeas and the smooth avocado purée, while hard-boiled eggs garnished with pimiento slices and thick slices of tomatoes sprinkled with chopped onions are placed on the sides. The cooked shrimps are the crown of the dish, placed on top of the avocado mixture, and they are typically garnished with a few sprigs of parsley.