Quick dinners 🕌 Middle Eastern 5 min meal

Tahini Chickpea Pitta

Name: Tahini Chickpea Pitta
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 tin chickpeas, 400 g tin, drained and rinsed; 2 wholemeal pittas; 2 tbsp tahini; 1 lemon, juiced; 1 tomato, sliced; 0.25 cucumber, sliced; 1 tsp ground cumin

Warm pitta stuffed with lemony tahini chickpeas, cucumber and tomato.

Time5 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.07 a head

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

2 servings

Ingredients

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1tin chickpeas400 g tin, drained and rinsed
2wholemeal pittas
2 tbsptahini
1lemonjuiced
1tomatosliced
¼cucumbersliced
1 tspground cumin

Method

1
Warm the pittas in a toaster for 1 minute.
1 min
2
Mash the chickpeas roughly with the tahini, lemon juice, cumin and a pinch of salt. Add a splash of water if it is stiff.
3
Split the pittas open and spoon in the chickpea mix.
4
Add the tomato and cucumber and serve.

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.