Houmous variations recipe

Houmous variations

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  • Serves 4
  • 15 mins to prepare
  • 320 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 1 x 400g can chickpeas, drained
  • 2-4tbsp tahini (sesame seed paste)
  • 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • juice of 1-2 lemons
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • paprika
  • pitta breads

Parsley houmous

  • add 1 bunch flat leaf parsley

Roasted pepper houmous

  • add 100g roasted red peppers from a jar

Coriander houmous

  • add 1 bunch coriander leaves

Feta houmous

  • add about 100g feta

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Each serving contains

Energy
1330kJ 320.0kcal
16%
Fat
24g
high35%
Saturates
6g
high31%
Salt
1.5g
medium25%
Sugars
1g
low1%

of the Reference intake

Carbohydrate 15.5gProtein 12.4gFibre 4.3g

Method

  1. Place the chickpeas in a food processor with 2 tbsp tahini, garlic, cumin and the juice of 1 lemon.
  2. Blitz to a smooth paste.
  3. You may want more lemon juice, more tahini and/or more salt. Add and blitz again to mix. Serve in a shallow bowl, sprinkled with paprika and drizzled with more oil and warm pitta breads for scooping.

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