Best Basic Houmous (Thermomix)

Basic houmous made in Thermomix in a black serving bowl with dishes of carrot batons and lentil crisps, and an orange napkin in the background.

Best Basic Houmous (Thermomix)

By: Deborah

This best basic houmous recipe made in the Thermomix delivers creamy, smooth houmous in minutes. Perfect as a dip, spread, or snack, and easy to customise!

PREP: 5

COOK: 5

TOTAL: 10

Servings: 8 people

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Equipment

Ingredients

If you don't have the Cookidoo app for your Thermomix, follow the recipe below:

2 cloves garlic
480 g (16.9 oz) tinned chickpeas (2 x 400g tins) drained and rinsed
60 g (¼ cups) water
30 g (2 tbsp) lemon juice
70 g (⅓ cups) extra virgin olive oil plus extra for serving
40 g (¼ cups) toasted sesame seeds or tahini sesame paste
0.5 tsp fine sea salt
paprika to garnish

Instructions

Place the garlic, chickpeas, water, lemon juice, oil, sesame seeds (or tahini paste) and salt in the mixing bowl then start Blend/1 minute.
Transfer to a serving bowl, drizzle with oil and sprinkle with paprika. Serve cold or at room temperature.

Notes

Sesame seeds substitution - use the same quantity of tahini paste instead of toasted sesame seeds.

Nut-free option - use sunflower seed butter instead of sesame seeds or tahini.

Oil-free option - replace the extra virgin olive oil with aquafaba (chickpea liquid) for a lighter version.

Herbs and spices - add cumin, smoked paprika, or fresh parsley for extra flavour.

I tend to halve the recipe as the full recipe is quite a large portion.

Recipe on UK Cookidoo

Best Basic Houmous

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

KEYWORDS basic houmous recipe, healthy houmous recipe, quick houmous recipe, Thermomix houmous recipe

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