Hummus
- Yield: 10 servings
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 0 mins
This recipe is adapted from The Book of New Israel Food, a Culinary Journey, by Janna Gur.
Ingredients
- 3-- garlic cloves
- 2cans (15-ounce) garbanzo beans or chickpeas, drained, juice reserved
- 1/3cup tahini (sesame seed paste)
- 1/4teaspoon salt
- 1/8teaspoon Pepper, paprika and cayenne pepper
- 1/4cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/4cup extra-virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Place garlic in food processor and process until finely chopped. Add garbanzo beans, tahini, salt, pepper, lemon juice and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Process until smooth. Add reserved bean juice if too thick.2
- Spoon into a bowl, and puddle remaining olive oil in center of dip. Serve with pita chips.
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 200
- Glycemic Load 0
- Fat 11g
- Saturated Fat 1.5g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 3g
- Monounsaturated Fat 6g
- Cholesterol 0mg
- Sodium 320mg
- Potassium 190mg
- Carbohydrate 22g
- Fiber 4g
- Sugars 0g
- Protein 6g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 10%
- Calcium 4%
- Iron 8%