Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Hummus is popular in Middle Eastern as well as Mediterranean cuisines. It has gained a lot of popularity and though you can easily get ready to eat hummus in stores, homemade hummus always tastes best. It is pretty simple and easy to make Hummus. Once you know the basic recipe you can tweak it using different things like I did in this particular recipe of 'Roasted Red Pepper Hummus' So lets get started!

Ingredients
1 can chickpeas 15 oz
1 small roasted red pepper(skin and seeds removed)

1/3 cup tahini
1/4 tsp cumin powder

1 garlic clove peeled

2-3 tbsp water
Juice of half lime
salt as per taste
pinch of paprika
1/4th cup olive oil + more to drizzle on hummus

Crushed red pepper flakes to garnish

Method

Drain canned chickpeas and wash them nicely. In a food processor add garlic clove and pulse it to mince a bit. Next add chickpeas, tahini, roasted red pepper, cumin powder, paprika, 2 tbsp water and salt. Be careful not to use too much of salt as canned chickpeas already has salt in it. Puree all of this for couple of minutes, remove the lid and scrape down the sides with spatula, at this point add another tablespoon of water and start to puree, slowly add olive oil as you puree. Keep the processor on until you get nice smooth paste. If you feel hummus is too thick add a tablespoon of water at a time.

Take out hummus into bowl and drizzle olive oil and sprinkle some crushed red pepper. Hummus is ready to enjoy! Have it with pita bread, pita chips, veggies or use it on sandwiches. Possibilities are endless!

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