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🍽️ Zucchini Stuffed with Quinoa and Mango-Mint Dip
250 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 40 g Quinoa
- 75 ml classic vegetable broth
- 500 g Zucchini (2 Zucchini)
- 150 g cream cheese preparation (0.2 % fat)
- 1 tbsp ground almond kernels
- salt
- pepper
- 350 g small ripe mango (1 small ripe mango)
- 2 sprigs mint
- 0.5 lime
- 1 pinch sambal oelek
Instructions
- 1. Place the quinoa in a sieve and rinse it under running water.
- 2. Pour the drained quinoa into a pot and add the vegetable broth.
- 3. Bring the mixture to a boil.
- 4. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and let the quinoa cook for 20 minutes.
- 5. Remove the pot from the heat and let the quinoa cool down slightly.
- 6. Wash the zucchini and cut it in half lengthwise.
- 7. Scoop out the seeds from the zucchini halves using a teaspoon.
- 8. Mix the cooled quinoa with the cream cheese preparation and the ground almonds.
- 9. Season the filling with salt and pepper to taste.
- 10. Fill the quinoa mixture into the hollowed-out zucchini halves.
- 11. Place the stuffed zucchini halves on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
- 12. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees (180 degrees for convection or gas level 3).
- 13. Bake the zucchini for 30 minutes in the preheated oven.
- 14. Meanwhile, cut the flesh of the unpeeled mango away from the pit on both sides.
- 15. Loosen the mango flesh from the skin with a spoon.
- 16. Dice half of the mango flesh into small cubes.
- 17. Dice the remaining part roughly and puree it with a hand blender.
- 18. Wash the mint, shake it dry, and pluck the leaves from the stems.
- 19. Set aside some mint leaves for garnish.
- 20. Slice the remaining mint into thin strips.
- 21. Squeeze the juice from half a lime.
- 22. Mix the mint strips, mango cubes, mango puree, 1-2 teaspoons of lime juice, and Sambal Oelek in a bowl.
- 23. Season the sauce with salt.
- 24. Serve the mango sauce with the baked zucchini halves.
- 25. Garnish the zucchini with the reserved mint leaves.
- 26. Serve the dish immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 250
- Protein: 18 g · Fett/Fat: 6 g · Carbs: 30 g