Mung bean humous with sesame pitta crisps

Name: Mung bean humous with sesame pitta crisps
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4–6
Ingredients: 4 pitta breads, split in half lengthways and opened out; 1 large garlic clove, crushed; 3 tbsp tahini; 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling; juice of 1 large lemon; 100 g/3½ oz/heaped ½ cup dried mung beans, rinsed; 1 handful of sesame seeds, for sprinkling; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; olive oil, for brushing

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

The Part-Time Vegetarian

By Nicola Graimes

Published 2015

About

Don’t be turned off by the worthy-sounding title… mung beans make a surprisingly creamy humous. Plus a bag of beans is economical to buy and their relatively short cooking time (compared with other dried beans) means that you can have a bowl of freshly made humous and pitta crisps for dunking in well under an hour.

Ingredients

100 g/3½ oz/heaped ½ cup dried mung beans, rinsed
3

Starter
Vegan

Method

Put the mung beans in a saucepan, cover with plenty of water and bring to the boil over a high heat. Reduce the heat slightly and cook on a rolling boil, part-covered, for 25 minutes, or until tender.
Meanwhile, make the se