HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

RECIPES HOME

Serves: 6-8 People

Preparation Time: 10-20 minutes

Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

1 cup Chickpeas
3 tbsp Tahini (Sesame Seed Paste)
1 Garlic Clove (more if you like stronger flavor)
1 tsp Salt
1-2 tbsp lemon juice
½ cup cooking liquid from chickpeas
½ cup Olive Oil
Hot Pepper Sauce like Tobasco^TM (to taste)
Optional - 3 tbsp Capsicum Relish ("Ajvar" - from deli's) if available

Preparation Instructions:

1. Soak the chickpeas in hot water for upto 5 hours or overnight.

2. Cook the chickpeas for about 25 minutes or until tender, drain and remember to reserve about half a cup of the liquid for later use.

3. This step is completely optional. If the skin on the chickpeas seems tough or you don't have a reasonably heavy duty food processor/blender, you can remove the skins from the chickpeas (should be easy as they come away slightly during cooking) to get a smoother mixture. Leaving the skin on will improve the fibre content, so it's up to you.

4. Put all the ingredients except the cooking liquid in a food processor and blend until thorougly mixed.

5. Add enough of the cooking liquid to make a smooth texture.

Serve as a dip with thin slices of toast (or crackers and corn chips) and crispy vegetable sticks of celery, carrot, cucumber and capsicum (pepper). Also delicious as a base for souvlaki, wraps and in sandwiches.