Snacks & dips 🕌 Middle Eastern 10 min meal

Sunflower Seed Hummus

Name: Sunflower Seed Hummus
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 400g tinned chickpeas, drained, liquid kept; 3 tbsp sunflower seed butter; 1 lemon, juice; 1 garlic clove; 3 tbsp olive oil; 0.5 tsp ground cumin; 0.5 tsp fine salt; 4 tbsp chickpea liquid from the tin; 0.5 tsp smoked paprika

Smooth, lemony hummus made with sunflower seed butter, a nut free way to get that creamy, rich flavour.

Time10 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.35 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

Estimated nutrition per serving

210kcal
14.9gcarbs
1.9gof which sugars
13.8gfat
5.8gsaturates
6.2gprotein
4.7gfibre
0.8gsalt

A rough estimate worked out from the ingredients, for the serving size above. It is a guide only and not medical advice. If you count carbs or manage diabetes, check with your own tools and your care team.

6 servings

Ingredients

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400 gtinned chickpeasdrained, liquid kept
3 tbspsunflower seed butter
1lemonjuice
1garlic clove
3 tbspolive oil
½ tspground cumin
½ tspfine salt
4 tbspchickpea liquid from the tin
½ tspsmoked paprika

Method

1
Put the chickpeas, sunflower seed butter, lemon juice, garlic, cumin and salt in a food processor.
2
Blend for 1 minute, scraping down the sides, then add 2 tbsp of the olive oil and the chickpea liquid a spoonful at a time.
3
Blend for 3 more minutes until very smooth and pale.
4
Taste and add more lemon or salt if needed.
5
Spoon into a bowl, make a swirl with the back of a spoon and pour over the last oil. Dust with paprika.
6
Serve with carrot sticks, cucumber or warm flatbreads. Keeps for 4 days in the fridge.

Double check before you cook. Recipes can contain mistakes. Any diet labels come from the ingredients as written in this recipe and are a guide, not a guarantee. Always check every ingredient and the packet label for allergens and cross contamination, and ask your doctor or dietitian what is right for you, especially with coeliac disease, diabetes or a serious allergy. This is not medical advice.