Baked avocados in oriental style

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 2 avocados, not too soft
• 2 cup(s) lentils, red
• 1 cup chickpeas from the can
• 1 small onion(s)
• 1 garlic clove(s)
• 1 stalk(s) Celery
• 1 small chili pepper(s), fresh, red
• 3 apricots, dried
• 1 pack of goat cheese
• 1 lemon(s), organic
• some walnuts
• Ras el Hanout
• Cumin powder
• vegetable broth
• olive oil
• Mint, fresh
• salt and pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

Halve the avocados, remove the pits, and carefully peel them. Slit the base slightly to make them stand more firmly. Hollow out the cut surface a little more to allow for more filling. Reserve the flesh. Place the halves on a plate and drizzle with lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Then fry in hot olive oil on the cut surface and base for about 3 minutes. Cook the lentils in a little vegetable stock for about 10 minutes until just cooked through. Drain the chickpeas and roughly mash them with a fork, then add them to the lentils and keep warm over a low heat. Mash the remaining avocado flesh and mix in. Heat olive oil in a pan. Finely chop the garlic, onion, and chili pepper and let it brown in the oil. Finely chop the celery and apricots. Roughly crush the nuts with a broad knife. Add everything to the pan, stir-fry for 1-2 minutes, and then add to the pea and lentil mixture. Add a little more vegetable stock if necessary; the mixture should have a creamy consistency. Then season generously with salt, pepper, ras el hanout, cumin, lemon juice, and lemon zest, and add the finely chopped mint. Finely dice half of the goat cheese and fold it in; this gives the mixture a nice binding. Place the avocado halves in an ovenproof dish, fill with the mixture, and top with slices of goat cheese. Bake at 180°C in a convection grill for about 10 minutes. The cheese should turn a nice golden brown. Finally, sprinkle with freshly ground pepper, drizzle with a little olive oil, and serve on a bed of salad, for example, as an appetizer. Notes: It doesn’t have to be ras el hanout; feel free to experiment with other oriental spices. You can, of course, swap out the cheese. The filling is also great for pide, dumplings, or stuffed eggplant. This dish contributes to a healthy diet. Avocados are rich in healthy, unsaturated fatty acids and contain a lot of vitamins A and E, as well as phytochemicals. Chickpeas are one of the healthiest foods around, containing plenty of protein, vitamins A and E, iron, calcium, zinc, and valuable fiber. The same applies to lentils.