Your kids will love making their own peanut houmous to share with friends.
(2 votes)
Cook: 20 Mins
Serves: 4
Price: 62p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 226g serving contains
Energy
1207kj
288kcal
1207kj
288kcal
14%
Fat
11.6g
11.6g
Med
17%
17%
Saturates
2.1g
2.1g
Med
10%
10%
Sugars
8.1g
8.1g
Med
9%
9%
Salt
0.7g
0.7g
Med
11%
11%
1
of your 5-a-dayof your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
534kj/128kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
534kj/128kcal
Ingredients
1 garlic clove
400g can chickpeas, drained
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp peanut butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1 red and 1 yellow pepper
1 carrot
2 wholemeal pittas
2 level tsp sesame seeds
1/2 level tsp paprika
Method
1
This recipe is part of our 'Cooking with kids' feature and has instructions for children.
2
Cut the end off the garlic, then peel and finely chop the clove. Put in a bowl with the chickpeas, lemon juice, peanut butter and oil.
3
With adult supervision, use a handheld blender to blitz the ingredients together.
4
Halve and de-seed the peppers and cut into thick slices. Cut the top and bottom off the carrot, then peel and slice into thick sticks.
5
Put the pitta breads on a baking sheet and sprinkle a little water over them.
6
Ask an adult to toast the pittas under the grill until puffed up. Slice when cool.
7
Put the houmous in a bowl and sprinkle on the sesame seeds and paprika. Serve with the peppers, carrots and pittas. The houmous will keep in the fridge, covered, for 2-3 days.