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Black Hummus
Black Hummus
This hummus recipe is almost the same as a traditional Lebanese hummus, except the garbanzos and tahini are replaced with black beans and black tahini. The darkness has taken over. To be honest, I accidentally bought black tahini instead of Chinese black sesame paste when I was making ice cream. I didn’t want to waste it. So now I have black hummus; which turned out extremely good. The black tahini has a nuttier flavor than regular tahini. Sprinkling sumac over the top of the black hummus gives it a nice lemon aftertaste.
Equipment
- food processor
Ingredients
- 1 can black beans drained
- 2/3 cup black tahini
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 lemons juiced
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp salt
Garnish
- olive oil
- 1 tbsp sumac
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients in a food processor.
- Pulse until smooth.
Muhammara Dip
Muhammara Dip
Muhammara is a roasted red pepper dip eaten all over the Middle East. It is extremely easy to prepare, which is great, since it is extremely easy to eat a whole batch. All of the ingredients get puréed in a food processor. Then the dip will need to sit in the refrigerator for an hour to allow the flavors to meld with one another. Serve the muhammara dip with pita chips.
Equipment
- food processor
Ingredients
- 12 oz roasted red peppers 1 jar
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 2 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
Garnish
- olive oil
- parsley chopped
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients in a food processor.
- Pulse until the dip is smooth. Let sit in the refrigerator for an hour before serving.
Pita Chips
Once you make pita chips on your own, you will never buy packaged ones again. All you have to do is cut pita bread into 8 pieces, toss with olive oil and seasonings, and bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees. Once the pita chips are finished baking, they will need to cool completely to crisp up.
Ingredients
- 4 pita bread
- olive oil
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- salt
Instructions
- Cut the pita bread into 8 pieces.
- Toss the pita with olive oil, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the pita on the baking sheet.
- Bake the pita for 15 minutes, flipping half way through. Let the pita chips completely cool before serving.
Ful Medames
Ful Medames
Ful medames is a vegan staple of Egyptian origin and is consumed in various forms all over the Middle East, North and East Africa. The fava bean soup is typically eaten for breakfast and lunch, served with pita bread. It has a nice balance of savory, sweet, sour, and spicy.
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 15 oz fava beans canned
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp parsley chopped
- 1/2 small tomato seeded; finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- olive oil to serve
Instructions
- Mince the garlic. Place in a bowl with the lemon juice, salt, and cumin. Set aside.
- Heat up fava beans with it’s bean stock in a small pot over medium heat for 10 minutes.
- Transfer the beans to a bowl. Using a pestle or the back of a spoon, mash half of the beans.
- Stir in the garlic/lemon juice/cumin mix, tomatoes, and parsley.
