Hummus-style Chick Pea Dip

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1½ cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Lighter, Quicker, Better: Cooking for the Way We Eat Today

By Richard Sax and Marie Simmons

Published 2000

  • About

Think of this as a streamlined hummus, the Middle Eastern blend of chick peas and tahini (toasted sesame) paste. Chick peas are a nutrient-rich legume, dense with carbohydrates and protein. Tahini, on the other hand, is primarily fat. We’ve kept the characteristic flavorings in hummus—lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, mint, and dill—and left the tahini behind.