Avocado Hummus – a healthy, creamy, green hummus perfect for chips, crackers, fattoush, or falafel.
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Avocado Hummus is a beautiful marriage between chickpea hummus and guacamole. It is a gluten-free Mediterranean dip. The ripe avocado gives a buttery twist to the classic hummus. But, apart from that, it has the freshness of cilantro, the nuttiness of tahini, and the creaminess of yogurt.
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Why You’ll Love It
- Low Carb
- High Protein (Keto)
- Rich in Good Fats
- Suitable for diabetics
- Possible Vegan (skip adding yogurt)
- Suitable for most diets (keto/paleo-friendly/gluten-free)
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Chickpeas or garbanzo beans for making hummus. You can boil them from scratch at home or use the canned ones.
- Avocados – Ripe and buttery avocados are the star of this dip. DO NOT use unripe avocado.
- Tahini Paste or the sesame seed paste is an essential ingredient for making hummus.
- Yogurt gives a creamy mouthfeel to the avocado hummus. But it is an optional ingredient, especially if you are making a vegan dip.
- Herb: Fresh cilantro or parsley.
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the secret to any good salad dressing or dip (it makes the difference in the taste of the dip).
- Salt, Lemon Juice, Garlic, Ice Cubes
- A good blender, this avocado dip is all about that smooth texture.
How To Make Avocado Hummus
Step 1) Combine chickpeas, avocado, tahini paste, lemon juice, yogurt, garlic, olive oil, parsley, and salt in the bowl of a food processor or blender. Add 2 ice cubes.
Step 2) Blend until smooth. Use extra virgin olive oil or reserved chickpea water to get a smooth consistency while blending. And the hummus is ready!
Serving Suggestion
Avocado Hummus pairs well with pita bread, meat kebabs, fattoush, crackers, or falafel. It is served alongside other Mediterranean dips like labneh, roasted red pepper dip, and baba ganoush on a mezze platter.
This avocado hummus is an excellent vegan spread for falafel wrap or sandwiches.
My Tried and True Tips
- Creamy Hummus: Overcooked, soft, mushy, or over-cooked chickpeas are perfect for a creamy hummus recipe. Remove the skin of the chickpeas after boiling. Try this step for super creamy hummus, and thank me in the comments below.
- Buttery Mouthfeel: Perfectly ripe avocados with brown skin, tahini paste, and the yogurt gives you the buttery hummus. Of course, you can always play around with the quantity of these three ingredients to get the desired taste.
- Bright Green Color: The addition of fresh herbs will give you that sort after bright green color.
- Add a few ice cubes while blending the avocado hummus to control the heat generated inside the blender and avoid the blackening of herbs.
- Use the reserved liquid from the boiled chickpeas to get the mouth-melting texture of the hummus. It is one of the magical ingredients that transforms hummus from ordinary to finger-licking good.
- A few extra minutes on the food processor/blender will always give you super creamy hummus.
FAQs Avocado Hummus Recipe
Transfer canned chickpeas to a saucepan. Add 1 cup of plain water to the same saucepan. Boil for 10 minutes. Discard the skin of the chickpeas. Use the extra liquid for blending hummus.
You can freeze the avocado hummus for 1 – 2 months in a freezer-friendly zip lock bag or airtight container. But later, its taste and texture are not the same. Hence, it is advised to consume it within 1 – 2 days.
Do not blend hummus with green herbs and avocado for too long. The heat of the blender will turn them black. Also, add a few ice cubes while blending to retain the bright color of the hummus.
More Dip Recipes
- Chilli Corn Dip
- Avocado Sauce
- Spicy Mango Dip
- Fresh Tomato Salsa
- Greek Cucumber Sauce
- Roasted Red Pepper Dip
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Avocado Hummus Recipe
- Blender
Ingredients
- 1 Cup cooked chickpeas (white chana/garbanzo beans)
- 1 ripe avocado
- ¼ Cup fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon tahini paste
- 1 tablespoon plain Greek yogurt
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
How To Cook Chickpeas for Hummus:
- You can use tinned or canned chickpeas to make the hummus or you can boil them at home from scratch. In either case, discard the skin of the chickpeas and reserve the liquid of the chickpeas to blend the hummus.
- Cut the avocado into two halves. Remove the stone using a knife. Scoop out the the avocado pulp with a spoon. Transfer it to the blender.
- Combine chickpeas, avocado, tahini paste, lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, parsley,, salt, and yogurt in the bowl of a food processor. Blend until smooth.
- Pour hummus into the serving bowl. Garnish with parsley and red pepper flakes. Drizzle with olive oil and serve.
Recipe Notes:
- Rinse and soak them in water for 5 – 6 hours.
- After 5 – 6 hours drain the water from the soaked chickpeas. Transfer them to a pressure cooker or instant pot. Add approximately 2 cups of water and a teaspoon of salt.
- Close the lid of the pressure cooker. Cook the chickpeas over medium heat for 3 – 4 whistles.
- Transfer the boiled chickpeas to a colander or sieve. Allow them to cool down completely. Remove the skin of the chickpeas. Reserve the boiled chickpea liquid.
- Drain out the water in the chickpeas completely before blending, otherwise, it will ruin the consistency of the dip.
Jayalakshmi says
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