Homemade houmous is much more scrumptious than shop bought and its extremely quick and easy to make. Once you've mastered the recipe you can always add your own extra ingredients and flavours such as pesto or roast peppers
Ingredients
- 1 400g tin of chickpeas
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1½ tbsp tahini paste (available in most supermarkets)
- The juice ?of ½ lemon
- 1 tbsp hot water
- sweet paprika
- 150ml olive oil plus extra for drizzling on top
Method
- Pulse a drained tin of chickpeas in ?a food processor, together with 1 fat garlic clove, 1½ tbsp tahini paste and the juice ?of ½ lemon. Stream in 150ml olive oil ?and 1 tbsp hot water, then pulse again ?until you have a smooth paste. Season ?to taste with salt, pepper and more lemon juice, then spoon into a serving bowl. ?Sprinkle with a pinch of sweet smoked paprika and drizzle with olive oil. Serve ?with toasted pitta breads.
Nutritional info
PER SERVING (BASED ON 6) 255kcals, ?23.7g fat (3.3g saturated), 3.8g protein, ?6.6g carbs (0.3g sugars), 0.2g salt, ?2.7g fibre