Description
This stunning Beet hummus is colourful, healthy nutrient-packed and delicious. Made of cooked beet, tahini, chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil, seasoned with cumin and a pinch of salt. It has creamy and velvety texture and a very unique slightly sweet taste. Vegan and gluten free! Takes 10 minutes to make it.
Ingredients
Scale
- Medium beet ( roasted or boiled)-1
- Chickpeas ( mostly drained)- 1 can/ 15- oz/425 gm
- Tahini pasta- 2 tbsp.
- Garlic cloves-2
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Cumin powder- 1 tsp.
- Pinch of salt
- Olive oil - 1/3 cup
FOR THE TOPPING
- Toasted walnuts (chopped)-1 tbsp.
- Black sesame seeds- 1 tsp.
- Red chili-as needed
- Olive oil- 2 tbsp or as needed
- Sumac- 1/2 tsp.
Instructions
- Cook, cool and dice beetroot.
- Add the diced beetroot, tahini, salt, cumin powder, lemon juice, olive oil and garlic cloves into your food processor. Blend until smooth.
- Taste hummus and adjust seasoning to your taste. You might need to add more lemon juice or cumin powder. If you find it to be too tick for you, add some water, a tablespoon at a time.
- Transfer to a serving plate , top with chopped toasted walnuts, black sesame seeds, olives, red chili, then drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with sumac.
Equipment
Buy Now → - Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 5
- Category: Hummus recipes
- Cuisine: Arabic
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 216
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 19 g
- Protein: 6.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg