My Bengali palate loves fish in any form but anchovies are not something I ate before. Every time, I see Jamie Oliver adding few fillets of anchovies to his salad dressing, I get tempted. So finally, I gave it a go knowing at the back of my mind that Arvind might not enjoy it. I was correct! The boy didn’t grow up eating fish but he eventually started enjoying different kind of fishes. As long as the fish-y smell is not there. So, asking him to enjoy cured fish was probably too much of an expectation. He might like it in the pasta sauce. Maybe I should try that once. But for now, I am going to enjoy it on salad dressing, until I get bored of it.
It is one of those salad that gets ready in less than 10 minutes! I like to mash the anchovy fillet using a motor-pestle rather than just finely chop it. The crunch of romaine with the creaminess of avocado balances quite effortlessly with the sharpness of this anchovy dressing. Of course, you could go ahead and add more veggies to the salad but for those days, when you want a quick meal, try this Romaine and Avocado Salad.
