Easy houmous recipe

Houmous

Smooth & delicious

Easy houmous recipe

5 mins

Super easy

serves 6

About the recipe

Houmous is a really important part of Middle Eastern food and is ridiculously easy to make from scratch. Have a go at home and experience the joy of homemade houmous. Seriously good!


nutrition per serving

131

Calories


7.6g

Fat


1.1g

Saturates


0.4g

Sugars


0.3g

Salt


5.4g

Protein


10.5g

Carbs


3.6g

Fibre


of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

Jamie's Friday Night Feast Cookbook

Jamie's Friday Night Feast Cookbook

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

1 x 700g jar of quality chickpeas

1 lemon

1 clove of garlic

1 good pinch of ground cumin

2 tablespoons tahini

extra virgin olive oil

Method

  1. Pour the chickpeas (juice and all) into a blender and squeeze in the lemon juice.
  2. Peel and add the garlic, along with the cumin, a good pinch of sea salt, the tahini and a good lug of extra virgin olive oil.
  3. Blitz until creamy, then season to perfection, loosening with a little extra oil, if needed. Delicious topped with my Amba sauce and served as part of a Middle Eastern feast!

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