Roasted Red Pepper Hummus is one of the very popular Hummus version. Try this simple and creamy Roasted Red Pepper Hummus recipe with sweet red bell peppers, chickpeas, garlic and tahini. This Roasted Red Pepper Hummus is over the top delicious! It is full of that irresistible freshly roasted red bell pepper smoky flavor and creamy texture.
Hummus is an Arabic word meaning “chickpeas,” and the complete name of the prepared spread in Arabic is “hummus bi tahina”, which means “chickpeas with tahini”. It is popular throughout the Middle East (including Turkey), North Africa (including Morocco), and in Middle Eastern cuisine around the globe. As an appetizer and dip, hummus is scooped with flatbread, such as pita. It is also served as part of a meze or as an accompaniment to falafel. There are so many version available, this is one of them.
Ingredients:
• 1 cup Cooked Chickpeas
• 1 Red Bell Pepper
• 1 tbsp Homemade Tahini
• 1-2 tbsp Olive Oil
• 1-2 Garlic Clove
• 1 Lemon/Lime Juice
• 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
• ½ tsp Cumin Powder
• Salt
Method:
1. Roast red peppers over the flame till all sides becomes black, or you can roast it into an oven on broil for 10-15 minutes.
2. Let it be cool down. Once it cooled, peel the black skin of pepper’s, discard the seeds and chop roughly.
3. Add roast red peppers, chickpeas, homemade tahini, salt, olive oil, lemon juice, chili powder, cumin powder, garlic into a blender and blend it till smooth paste.
4. Roasted red bell pepper hummus is ready serve with chips, cracker as a dip.
Tips:
• Add few ice cube while blending to make super creamy texture.
• If you don’t have tahini paste, just soak few tbsp sesame seeds for 20-30 mins, drain and add direct with ingredients in blender.
- 1 cup Cooked Chickpeas
- 1 Red Bell Pepper
- 1 tbsp Homemade Tahini
- 1-2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1-2 Garlic Clove
- 1 Lemon/Lime Juice
- 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
- ½ tsp Cumin Powder
- Salt
- Roast red peppers over the flame till all sides becomes black, or you can roast it into an oven on broil for 10-15 minutes.
- Let it be cool down. Once it cooled, peel the black skin of pepper’s, discard the seeds and chop roughly.
- Add roast red peppers, chickpeas, homemade tahini, salt, olive oil, lemon juice, chili powder, cumin powder, garlic into a blender and blend it till smooth paste.
- Roasted red bell pepper hummus is ready serve with chips, cracker as a dip.
If you don't have tahini paste, just soak few tbsp sesame seeds for 20-30 mins, drain and add direct with ingredients in blender
7 Responses to “Roasted Red Pepper Hummus”
Can we use canned chickpeas ? If yes should it be boiled ?
Can we use canned chickpeas ? If yes should we boil them
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Yes you can use canned chickpeas, if you are using canned then you don’t need to boil or cook 🙂
I am going to have to try this recipe – it looks amazing!!! Thanks for the post 🤗
Thank you! do try and let me know. 🙂
It turned out great – I think I need to work on my pepper roasting though!!
Thank you for Trying 🙂