Health benefits:

One of the healthier options for dips is hummus, a Middle Eastern dip.  It provides you with protein and a number of essential vitamin and minerals, and while it can be high in fat, it is mostly heart-healthy unsaturated fat.

Hummus is a paste of pureed chickpeas and eaten as a dip or spread. It’s a much better spread to use on bread. Used mint just for the flavour you can use basil, coriander or any herbs as a variation.

Serves: 2-3
Preparation time: 10-15mins

Ingredients:

• Canned Chickpeas- 250gms
• Chopped mint-1/4cup
• Garlic-2pods
• Chopped Green chilli-1tbsp
• Lemon juice-2tbsp
• Salt-as per taste
• Olive oil-1tbsp

Procedure:

• Drain the water from chickpeas and wash it under clear water 2-3times to remove the sodium content.
• Combine chickpea, lemon juice, garlic, salt, mint, green chilli and blend to a creamy puree by adding 2-3tbsp water.
• Add more lemon juice and salt if required.
• Turn out into the bowl and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.

Note:

• If your using dried chickpea soak overnight and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles
• You can even use basil instead of mint.
• Use jalapenos in place of green chilli as a variation.
• Canned foods contain sodium so washing helps to removes sodium and safe to use.
• Haven’t used any tahini you can as per wish