Smooth houmous

Name: Smooth houmous
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 400g tin chickpeas; 3 tbsp tahini; 1 lemon, juiced; 1 garlic clove; 3 tbsp ice cold water; 0.5 tsp ground cumin; 0.5 tsp fine salt; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp smoked paprika

Silky houmous made with tahini, lemon and garlic. Whizz it well for the smoothest texture.

Time10 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.42 a head

6 servings

Ingredients

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400 gtin chickpeas
3 tbsptahini
1lemonjuiced
1garlic clove
3 tbspice cold water
½ tspground cumin
½ tspfine salt
2 tbspolive oil
1 tspsmoked paprika

Method

1
Drain the chickpeas, keeping 3 tbsp of the liquid, and rinse them.
2
Blitz the tahini and lemon juice in a food processor for 1 minute until pale and thick.
3
Add the chickpeas, garlic, cumin and salt and blitz for 2 minutes, adding the cold water and a spoonful of chickpea liquid to loosen.
4
Taste and add more lemon or salt if needed.
5
Spoon into a bowl, swirl with the olive oil and dust with paprika.

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