Basil Hummus

Steps Making Recipes Basil Hummus using 11 ingredients and 3 steps

Basil Hummus - Basil hummus dip made with garbanzo beans, puréed with fresh basil, olive oil, toasted pine nuts, garlic, and lemon. Photography Credit: Elise Bauer The days are getting shorter, the zucchini beasts are slowing down production, and even the neighborhood kids are already headed back to school, signaling the looming end of summer. I created this recipe because I had too much basil left over from another recipe. It turned out fantastic and now it's on my list of favorites. You can substitute the tahini (roasted sesame paste) for almond butter, it will give it a nice, full nutty flavor.

This needs quite a bit of liquid added to this in order to get it to blend to the right smoothness.

I like the taste of the fresh basil, but this hummus needed some work.

You can cook Basil Hummus using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make Basil Hummus

1. You need 1 cup boiled chickpeas (Kabuli Chana).
2. It's 1 cup basil leaves, washed & drained.
3. You need 2 garlic cloves.
4. It's 1-2 green chilies.
5. It's 1/4 cup sesame seeds.
6. Prepare 1 tbsp. lime juice.
7. You need 3 tbsp. olive oil.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp. cumin powder.
9. It's 2 pinches pepper powder.
10. It's to taste salt.
11. You need as needed extra boiled chickpeas, basil leaves and olive oil to garnish.

Basil Hummus instructions

1. Blend together all the above mentioned ingredients to a smooth paste. Add some water if required to adjust the consistency..
2. Transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with some boiled chickpeas, basil leaves, lime wedges and olive oil..
3. Serve as a dip along with some veggie crudites, croutons, bread sticks or as a spread on sandwiches / parathas..

Basil Hummus - Plus, it's vegan, healthy and ready super-fast! My Fresh Basil Hummus recipe is a vibrant version of the traditional Middle Eastern bean dip, infused with lots of leafy green basil. This vegan appetizer is super healthy, and really delicious served with warm pita bread. In a food processor, fitted with the blade attachment, add the basil, garlic, tahini, chickpeas, salt, paprika, onion powder and black pepper. I was fortunate enough to be invited recently to dinner at the table of a celebrity chef in Lebanon (and the region), Chef Richard. The dinner was to take place at Al Liwan, one of his restaurants in Beirut. Easy basil hummus is a healthy and crowd-pleasing dip! Thank you and good luck