BEET HUMMUS
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.
Servings: 4
Equipment
Ingredients
- 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.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 216kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 6.1g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 1.8g