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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Drain& rinse chick peas/garbanzos, reserving liquid. | 2. In small bowl, combine cumin, coriander, cayenne (use less if you don't want it very spicy, but we like it with 1/2 tsp),& salt, mixing throughly. | 3. Put garbanzo beans/chick peas in bowl of food processor with chopping blade,& sprinkle the spice mixture over the top evenly. | 4. Add the tahini, lemon juice, garlic,& roasted red peppers, and blend until well mixed. | 5. Add the fresh ground pepper. | 6. Once the hummus gets smooth, add some of the reserved liquid from the chick peas/garbanzos while it is being processed, until it reaches the desired consistency. | 7. Serve with toasted pita bread or as a dip or spread with almost anything. | 8. Have fun with this basic recipe- you can change the amounts or even the actual spices used to change the flavor of this healthy dip. | 9. Please share your discoveries! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chickpea	1	can		1133.4333	188.7556	61.3793	18.1109
tahini	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
garlic	2 -3		crushed	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
red pepper	1/2	cup	roasted	30.0	6.6075	1.4025	0.33
cumin	1 1/2	1/2		11.8125	1.3936	0.561	0.7015
coriander	1	teaspoon		0.0767	0.0122	0.0071	0.0017
cayenne	1/4 - 1/2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper			ground	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.