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Hummus with Roasted Garlic Recipe

Hummus is high in iron and vitamin C and also has significant amounts of folate and vitamin B6.

The main ingredient of Hummus is chickpeas, which are low in fat and salt and contain no cholesterol.

The roasted garlic in this recipe gives it a wonderful flavour.

This recipe is low in saturated fats.

Energy per 100g:

515kJ - 123Cal

Fat per 100g:

4.2g

Healthy Entertaining Recipe : Hummus with Roasted Garlic

Recipe Serves:

This Recipe Serves 8.

Recipe Ingredients:

  • 1 can chickpeas drained (keep a little of the water aside)
  • 3-4 roasted garlic cloves (roast for approx 15 mins in oven)
  • 1-2 tablespoon lemon juice (to taste)
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Pinch of Paprika

Recipe Method:

  1. Place chickpeas, garlic, olive oil and lemon juice in a food processor until good consistency.  Add extra olive oil if too thick or some of the reserved water drained from the can of chickpeas or mix with some low fat yoghurt.

Recipe Nutrition Panel:

 Servings: 8
 Serving size: 56g
   
 Average Serve   Average 100g

Energy

288

kJ

515

kJ

 

68

Cal

123

Cal

Protein

3.3

g

5.9

g

Fat, total

2.4

g

4.2

g

 - saturated

0.3

g

0.6

g

Carbohydrate

7.2

g

12.8

g

- sugars

0.4

g

0.7

g

Sodium

125

mg

223

mg

Additional Comments:

Add 1-2 tablespoons tahini if you desire (this is available in all supermarkets).

Serve with Falafel Balls.

Add a little cumin for a twist.

Serve as a dip with Turkish bread sliced.

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If you like this recipe, you may also like these healthy recipes:

Falafel Balls Recipe
Beetroot Dip Recipe
Baba Ganoush Recipe
Pumpkin Dip Recipe

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