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.