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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, the effusive foodie, is back. On Monday, Kensington Palace announced that the duchess worked on a new cookbook, Together: Our Community Cookbook, which features recipes from women affected by London’s Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed more than 70 lives last June.
The duchess wrote a three-page foreword for the book, which touches on her relationship with this cooking community and her appreciation for meals that tell a story—like collard greens, black-eyed peas, and cornbread, which she had on New Year’s Day growing up. The duchess also gives a shout-out to one recipe from Together in particular—“my very favorite avocado dip that I now make at home.”
Now, you can, too. Below, the recipe from Together for Green Chile & Avocado Dip. It’s the creation of Munira Mahmud, a survivor of the fire who ushered her two young children and elderly father to safety. Mahmud helped start the Hubb Community Kitchen, and she welcomed the Duchess of Sussex to it. “After we said that we could only use the kitchen twice a week due to funding, she mentioned, ‘How about sharing your recipes with other people?’ And that’s how [the cookbook] happened,” Mahmud says.
Munira Mahmud’s Green Chile & Avocado Dip (serves 4)
“My lifelong dream has been to have a food van; I spend any free time I have thinking up dishes, and putting ingredients together in my mind. These dips are my own invention.”
Ingredients:
2 green chiles, halved and seeded
1¼ cups cilantro leaves
3 tbsp plain yogurt
Grated zest and juice of 2 lemons
4 Garlic cloves, peeled
1 Ripe avocado, peeled and pitted
4 tbsp mayonnaise (optional)
Salt and pepper
Directions:
Put all the ingredients except the mayonnaise into a food processor and blend until smooth. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Add the mayonnaise (if you wish) and stir to combine, then transfer to a serving bowl.
From Together: Our Community Cookbook, which is released on Tuesday, September 25, 2018.
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This article was first published on Vogue.com
