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Recipe Marathon #1 Day 7 with Beet Hummus

Hummus is a Middle Eastern Vegetable dip whose calling card is not only its taste alone but also in terms of Nutrition. It is an excellent source of protein and fibre thanks to all that chickpeas thats added. What it usually lacks is color and I thought of adding that along with loads of more health benefits.

And Beet Hummus it is! Beets are known to purify blood and provide good defence boost to our body. That being said, I had some beets left over after making chips and dint want to make the same old ‘oft repeated to tedium’ Beetroot curry and remembered this colorful bowl of hummus from a friends dinner party long back. So the basic recipe for hummus with some beetroot along with Pita/nice crusty bread made a nice change.

Ingredients
  • 3-4 beetroots, washed and scrubbed

  • 1 cup cooked chickpeas ( u can use canned ones too )
  • 1 onion,chopped
  • 1 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tbsp tahini
  • 1/3 cup yogurt
  • 3-4 cloves of garlic, crushed
  • 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup water/vegetable stock

Method

1. Cook the beets whole in a boiling pot of water for 15-20min until soft. Cool them and then peel off their skins and chop them into small pieces.

2.In a non stick pan, saute the onions along with cumin seeds till soft. Now grind the onions along with rest of the ingredients, along with 2-3 tbsp of Olive Oil, till smooth.

3.Serve it as a part of mezze platter or with pita bread.

This is my entry to AWED - Middle Eastern Cuisine hosted this month by Siri

My fellow Marathon Runners are running with hands full of

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REMINDER : The A.W.E.D is going on at full force at Siri’s Corner who is hosting this month with Middle Eastern Cuisine. The deadline is Jun 15th, so buck up and get going. Otherwise how in God’s name are you going to send all the 4-5 entries that you are planning to send ;-) ?

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