If there is one dish that I've been making over and over again (apart from fried chantarelle mushrooms in various disguises), it's this quick and spicy version of houmous, the Middle-Eastern chickpea/garbanzo dish. I love the traditional houmous to bits, but sometimes it's nice to play around with your favourites a bit. I've had my fling with a beetroot houmus, and I've been eyeing a roasted pepper houmous recipe for a while now. But first, I need to get tired of this harissa-spiked houmus recipe, and this hasn't happened yet. (If you've got a favourite 'way with houmus', then I'd love to hear about it!)
I use Belazu's Rose Harissa, but any other favourite would work just as well. Suitable for vegetarians, vegans, celiacs as well, so a very handy recipe to have :)
Harissa-spiked houmous
(Hummus harissaga)
Adapted from BBC Good Food, June 2009 (see original recipe)
Serves 4 to 6
400 g can of chickpeas/garbanzos
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
couple of spoonfuls of water
1 large garlic clove, chopped
about half a lemon, juiced
1 scant Tbsp harissa paste
1 Tbsp tomato pureé / tomato paste
salt, to taste
coriander/cilantro or parsley for garnishing (optional)
Drain the chickpeas and place to the food processor with the rest of the ingredients. Blend until you've got a smooth paste (or slightly coarse, if that's how you prefer your houmous). Taste for seasoning - if you wish, add some more harissa or lemon juice or salt.
Excellent with toated pita bread, or on a slice of toast, or spread on crispy crostini or as a dipping sauce with some crudités.
Drain the chickpeas and place to the food processor with the rest of the ingredients. Blend until you've got a smooth paste (or slightly coarse, if that's how you prefer your houmous). Taste for seasoning - if you wish, add some more harissa or lemon juice or salt.
Excellent with toated pita bread, or on a slice of toast, or spread on crispy crostini or as a dipping sauce with some crudités.
9 comments:
tundub hea :)hummus üldse pitaleivaga viib keele alla
Wow, this does sound interesting. Great photos too, I can almost taste it.
Karimake - hummus on tõesti hää!
Kalyn - I bet it's SBD friendly as well ;)
This looks so beautiful. Very nicely done. I love this.
Thanks.
This is so clever! Definitely going to be making these.
I have to get myself some Harissa paste or powder, I keep hearing about it :) This looks great!!!
oi kui hea mõte, hummus on minu lemmik suvesöök ka, aga harissaga saab nii ilus :)
that sounds and looks wonderfu1! i can't tell you how much i miss cooking here in my serviced appartment, even with the thermomix it's a pain... hope to find a place soon! xx
thank you for this, Pille! I've just come back from Morocco with loads of Harissa, so perfect!
I make Humous weekly, but I like mine with quite a bit of Tahini. I also like to leave out a few chickpeas unprocessed and plonk them on top of Humous with slugs of green olive oil..yum
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