I had a time when I always made middle eastern dips when entertaining. They were always very successful, even so that people are disappointed when I'm not serving them (I feel I need to expand my specialities, but my friends disagree). Here are the recipes, hope you like them!

Hummus

1 can drained chickpeas (±200 gr)
1 garlic clove, sliced
1 tomato
1 tbsp  olive oil
1/2 tsp ground cumin
pinch paprika
2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 tbsp tahini (optional)
1 tbsp fresh cilantro (optional)
s & p

Blend everything in a food-processor into a smooth paste, sprinkle with some paprika or cilantro.

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Baba Ganoush

1 large eggplant
1 garlic clove, sliced
1 tbsp olive oil
s & p
1 tbsp tahini (optional)

Pinch the eggplant a few times with a fork, (tip from Anna on the forums here, she had one that exploded) then bake in a medium oven (180 C)
for about 50 minutes.
Leave to cool for a few minutes, then peel off the skin. Blend the flesh with the other ingredients, except the garlic. Add this ad the end, and leave for 30 minutes. Remove before serving.

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Egyptian Ful

1 can brown fava beans, drained and washed
1 tomato, cut in small pieces
1 tbsp ground cumin
2 tbsp tahini
3 spring onions, sliced thinly
1/2 cucumber, cut in small pieces
s & p
olive oil

Mash the beans slightly with a fork. Heat some oil in a skillet and fry the beans with halve the cumin. When heated through, transfer to a bowl and thoroughly mix in the tahini and remaining cumin. Add the veggies, some s & p to taste and some more olive oil, stir and serve while still warm.

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Muhamarra

1 red bell pepper, roasted and peeled
1/2 slice old bread, toasted and crumbled
a pinch chilli powder
a pinch ground cumin
1 handful walnuts
1/2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
s & p

Blend everything in a foodprocessor.


Hope I could help and enjoy!

Would you mind posting your olive dip recipe?

Amber, I think it was just mayo, salt, garlic, and then it said 55% olives but I didn't have a recipe for it. I was wanting to replicate it at home or have something similar without the addition of salt. I really like shammoks chilli olive dip and also venus recipe that she has just posted. We are also into avacado and eat it always. We are hoping to grow an avacado tree in our garden when we start esbablishing it. Other plants we hope to have are a mango tree and some strawberry Guava's as well as some other variaties.

We are wanting to plant a food producing garden with lots of fruit and vegetables as well as herbs and spices. Maybe that is a topic for a new thread

Janine

I've bookmarked this page as those recipes are so yummy!