Hummus is a Middle Eastern dip made from chickpeas, garlic, lemon and tahini. It is great for dipping vegetables into but also tastes great on toast, pizza or as a sandwich filling.
Course Dip
Cuisine Middle Eastern
Keyword Hummus
Prep Time 10minutes
Total Time 10minutes
Servings 8
Calories 103kcal
Author Amy
Ingredients
400g(14oz)Canned Chickpeas, drained*SEE NOTE 1
4.5tbspFresh Lemon Juice (Juice of 1.5 lemons)*SEE NOTE 2
1mediumGarlic Clove, minced
3tbspolive oil
1tbsptahini*SEE NOTE 3
Instructions
Add all the ingredients to a food processor and blend until smooth. (Around 3-4 minutes, scraping down the sides as needed)
Taste and season with more lemon juice, tahini as needed. *SEE NOTE 4
Notes
Canned chickpeas can vary in sodium levels, check the packaging a choose low sodium versions when making for young children.
Fresh lemon juice works best, bottled lemon juice will alter the flavour.
Tahini has a strong taste and may be overpowering for some children. If your children have never tried it before you may wish to start with a tsp and work your way up.
A little salt really does bring out the flavour and makes a difference to the hummus. Remove a portion for a baby / young child and then season to taste.
Nutritional information is a ROUGH guide only, calculated using an online calculator.