Rice Salad with Avocado and Smoked Salmon

Whoever first served avocado and smoked salmon together was certainly inspired. When I was a child, I doubt if there was any smoked salmon within a thousand miles of us; but there was a prolific avocado tree in my parents’ front garden. Indonesians usually regard avocados as dessert, and we made ours into a sweet, milky mousse, from which, many years later, I developed a rather delicious ice-cream. Today, in big Indonesian cities and the tourist hotels, people are learning to enjoy guacamol