Healthy Food: Turkish Warm Hummus

Turkish Warm Hummus

Recipe By :Develi [restaurant] , Istanbul
Serving Size : 9 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : LowCal (Less than 300 cals) LowerCarbs
Veggie

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4 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
coarse salt
30 ounces chickpeas, canned -- (2 cans), drained
2 tablespoons hot water
3 tablespoons tahini -- (ground sesame seed paste)
5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons pine nuts
1/2 teaspoon ground Aleppo red pepper -- or Turkish kirmizi biber


Preheat oven to 400F. With food processor running, drop garlic, cumin seeds and a large pinch of salt through feed tube and process until minced. Add chickpeas, 2 tablespoons hot water, tahini, oil and lemon juice and process until smooth. Transfer mixture to shallow casserole, preferably earthenware.

Heat butter in small skillet. Add pine nuts and kirmizi biber (Turkish red pepper), stirring briefly, and pour over chickpea mixture. Bake for 20 minutes and serve hummus warm with wedges of pita bread or pita chips.

Yields: 8 - 10 appetizer servings.

Kirmizi biber (Turkish red pepper) - A mixture of equal portions sweet paprika and cayenne pepper rubbed with a few drops of olive oil can be substituted.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 246 Calories; 15g Fat (52.8% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 24g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 7mg Cholesterol; 289mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch) ; 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 3 Fat.