May     30

Pomegranate Hummus

Dip, Healthy Living, Recipe, Vegetarian

I love hummus, and I love pomegranate.  So I wanted to try a new dish….pomegranate hummus. It is a traditional hummus recipe with all the more flavor and healthy benefits. The pomegranate makes for a sweeter hummus taste 🙂 For all of the health benefits of hummus click here: http://suzyeats.com/all-about-hummus/. For the recipe see below 🙂

Ingredients

  •  1 pomegranate
  • 32 ounces of chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
  • 3 cloves minced garlic
  • 4 tablespoons of tahini paste
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 3/4 cup cold water
  • sumac for garnish (optional)
  • olive oil for garnish

Directions

1. Soak chickpeas in water over night.


2. Rinse and drain the chickpeas and add them to a blender (you can save about 20 pieces for garnish later). Add the salt, tahini, garlic, lemon juice and water to the blender as well. Blend.

 3. Pour hummus mixture directly onto serving plate.

4. Peel the pomegranate. Add all of the seeds directly into center of hummus spread. (For a mess free way to peel : http://suzyeats.com/a-mess-free-way-to-eat-pomegranate-guaranteed/)

5. Add sumac, olive oil and chickpease for garish and serve.

Serves

8-12


10 Responses to “Pomegranate Hummus”

  1. Wendy Irene Says:
    May 30th, 2011 at 10:44 am

    That is such an interesting idea! I never would have thought to add pomegranate to hummus. When I did my shopping this weekend the store was out of tahini. Anything that might work in place of tahini? Have a beautiful day!

  2. sarah Says:
    May 30th, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    Oh I so love the pomegranate in this recipe! What a great twist on traditional hummus!

  3. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts Says:
    May 31st, 2011 at 8:09 am

    How pretty to add the pomegranate’s to this dish!

  4. Kate@Diethood Says:
    May 31st, 2011 at 10:52 am

    Pomegranate in hummus? WOW! I will have to try that… thanks for the inspiration!

  5. briarrose Says:
    May 31st, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Wonderful idea. This would be such a cool flavor to try.

  6. Sandra Says:
    May 31st, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    The pomegranate adds so much to this dish. Very creative.

  7. Happy When Not Hungry Says:
    May 31st, 2011 at 6:49 pm

    Wow this looks beautiful!! What a creative recipe!

  8. Nikki @ The Tolerant Vegan Says:
    June 3rd, 2011 at 1:05 pm

    That is such an awesome idea!!!

  9. Bob Says:
    June 22nd, 2011 at 11:39 pm

    Love the idea of pomegranate hummus. My pomegranate tree is just starting to bear fruit. Can’t wait to try.

  10. james Says:
    March 17th, 2013 at 5:05 pm

    Great recipe, i tried it this afternoon and its amazing!