Curried Hummus Recipes

Steps:

• For the tomato chutney: Heat the oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until very soft and slightly caramelized. Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes, 1/4 cup water, the vinegar, sugar, allspice, cinnamon and salt and pepper to taste and cook until the tomatoes soften and the mixture thickens, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the cilantro. Let cool to room temperature.
• For the hummus: Heat the oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until soft. Stir in the curry powder and cook for 1 minute. Add 1 cup water and cook, stirring constantly, until the water has almost completely evaporated. Stir in the cayenne and cool briefly.
• Put the chickpeas, curried onions, tahini, olive oil, honey and some salt and pepper in a food processor and process until smooth. Add the parsley and pulse to incorporate. Season with the lemon juice and more salt and pepper if needed.
• Heat a charcoal or gas grill to high for direct grilling. Brush the naan with some of the canola oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill until golden brown on both sides and slightly charred.
• Spread each piece of naan with some of the hummus and top with some of the chutney.

Steps:

• Blitz the curried chickpeas (see recipe here) with the lime juice, tahini and coriander, adding enough water until you get to your desired consistency. Season to taste. Eat with cucumber or carrot sticks.

Steps:

• Crush or mince garlic ahead of time before adding other ingredients to the food processor so that the garlic is evenly distributed.
• Add all ingredients to your food processor and process until mixture has a smooth texture (about a minute). You may need to stop half-way through to scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula so that larger chunks are pureed.
• With spatula, remove humus to your serving bowl and chill for two hours to set-up the flavors for maximum taste.
• Serve on toasted pita bread, as a vegetable dip or on top of your favorite crackers.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and garlic; cook until mushrooms are soft, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in 2 cups water and lentils; simmer until lentils are very soft and have absorbed the water, about 40 minutes.
• In a food processor, puree lentil mixture with goat cheese, curry powder, chili powder, and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Add parsley; pulse to combine. Serve at room temperature with grilled or toasted pita bread.