There are many ways to make your hummus colourful, vibrant and more interesting. Here are my two favourite recipes. I just love roasted red peppers and raw beetroot. They both bring an exciting and amazing taste if you mix them into hummus. They also create the most beautiful colours. Making colourful hummus can be a great and delicious way of sneaking vegetables into your meals.
As with making basic hummus, first cook chickpeas in water with baking soda. That will make your hummus super silky, smooth and soft. Then mix all ingredients in a blender. Colourful hummus is ideal to serve as part of a vegan cheese board because the colour will pop and make the board look exciting. Other options are to use it as a spread on a piece of bread or on a sandwich, like this vegan greek salad sandwich. You can also eat it with vegetables (like carrots, cucumbers, radishes, olives) or serve it as part of a Lebanese meze or bowl.
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus & Raw Beetroot Hummus (V, GF)
Ingredients
For smooth hummus:
- 1/2 tsp baking soda for boiling chickpeas
Beetroot hummus:
- 1 can chickpeas without the liquid (around 240g after discarding the liquid)
- 1 medium beetroot peeled and cubed
- 72 g (1/4 cup) hulled tahini
- 22.5 ml (1 1/2 tbsp) freshly squeezed lemon juice
- heaped 1/3 tsp salt or to taste
- a pinch of ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) ice cold water
Red pepper hummus:
- 1 can chickpeas without the liquid (around 240g after discarding the liquid)
- 3 (360g) red peppers
- 72 g (1/4 cup) hulled tahini
- 22.5 ml (1 1/2 tbsp) freshly squeezed lemon juice
- heaped 1/3 tsp salt or to taste
- a pinch of ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- a pinch of cayenne powder
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) ice cold water
Instructions
- Open a can of chickpeas and discard the liquid or reserve it for other use. Put chickpeas in a pot, add baking soda and water so that the water is a few cm above the chickpeas. Bring to a boil and boil for 20 min. Be careful that the liquid doesn't spill and lower the heat if necessary.
- Drain the chickpeas through a sieve, discarding the water. Splash chickpeas with fresh water.
- Put chickpeas into a blender and mix into a puree.
- If your are making beetroot hummus, add all other ingredients to the blender and mix together.
- If you are making red pepper hummus, halve your red peppers lengthwise and remove the seeds. Bake them at 230 °C for 20 min with their outer side facing up. After baking leave them to cool a little bit and remove their skin. Put them in a blender with all the other ingredients for hummus and mix well.
- Top your chosen hummus with a drizzle of olive oil, a dash of smoked paprika, chopped parsley and some cooked chickpeas.
- Serve hummus as a snack with vegetables (carrots, cucumbers, radishes, olives), as part of a meze with other dishes (tabbouleh salad, fattoush salad, baba ganoush, falafel, pita bread) or make a sandwich with it. Colourful hummus also makes vegan cheese boards look amazing.
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