Green Peas Hummus

Somehow I am not liking the weather now. The transition from winter to summer is taking too long and causing a havoc all over. The mornings, when I go to leave the kids to their school bus, is nice and cool. Even when I go for work, it starts getting warm only after 8 am. When I drive back, the car is literally a mini-furnace from the afternoon heat! Nights are cool as well. I guess this topsy-turvy climate is not really helping. I have been having a clogged nose, with throat pains for the past two weeks, and even though it calms down at times, it just doesn’t leave me completely. It is not a comfortable feeling, but then we have to go through this without much complaints. After all, this Hadith (prophetic saying) is always a calmer when the irritation of illness seeps in:

 
“No tiredness, exhaustion, worry, grief, distress or harm befalls a believer in this world, not even a thorn that pricks him, but Allaah expiates some of his sins thereby.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5210; Muslim, 4670). 

Hummus is very regular in our home, especially because the kids love it. Azza would take a bowl and lick it clean without any accompaniments with it. We always grill or roast a whole chicken, and serve it with hummus, salad and some Lebanese bread – it becomes such a filling meal. This is just a variation – chickpeas is normally what is used to make hummus, however I have used green peas in this case. Especially when you want to have hummus but you haven’t presoaked the chickpeas, frozen green peas come to the rescue. Apart from the green hue, there is literally no difference in the taste! Off to the way I make it…

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Green Peas Hummus

Course Dip
Cuisine Middle Eastern
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 3
Author Rafeeda

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup green peas dry or frozen
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 3 tbsp tahini paste
  • 3/4 tsp paprika powder
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • If using dry peas, soak overnight and drain. If using frozen, then use direct.
  • Cook green peas with the garlic till soft. Drain and set aside to cool.
  • Grind the peas and garlic along with all the other ingredients till smooth. If too thick, then add the water used for cooking to loosen up.
  • Drizzle with some olive oil, after transferring to another bowl.
  • Serve with khubbus and some fried chicken or kebabs! Yum...

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  1. Love this greeny hummus and the presentation is too good

    1. Thank you so much Farin…

  2. interesting.. first time I am seeing

    1. Thanks a lot Veena…

  3. this looks super yummy and inviting 🙂 We both love peas a lot, i guess this is going to b a treat for us 🙂

    1. Thank you so much Shweta… 🙂

  4. This variety of hummus is very new to me…but definitely wortTh a try!!

    1. Thank you so much Suja…

  5. Looks nice ,never tasted n tried it

    1. Thanks a lot Maha…

  6. Ithu kollallo..gonna try soon:)

    1. Thanks a lot Rani… 🙂

  7. Hi Rafs,

    This is a great idea… adding peas into hummus 😀

    Zoe

    1. Thank you so much Zoe… 🙂

    1. Thanks a lot akka…

  8. Wow rafee, such a nice idea, never thought of making with green peas!! Looks yum!! We too love hummus on our toast and wraps!! will surely give this a try!

    1. Thank you so much Priya…

  9. Green peas hummus is something new to me.. lovely color and great with some crackers..

    1. Thank you so much Sona…

  10. I just love green peas been seeing green peas hummus allover the net too. May be I should make some just for myself and savor when the peas haters are not around :))

    1. Thank you so much Meena… 🙂 Maybe you could trick the haters into eating this as it would be totally ground and taste masked up by the tahini… hehe…

  11. I've made hummus using white beans but peas… that's very innovative. Will try it. Love the colour.

    1. Thank you so much Mayuri…

  12. loved the idea of making hummus with green peas….looks so creamy and yumm

    1. Thank you so much Gloria…

  13. interesting one dear,super idea with green peas..yumm

    1. Thank you so much Julie…

  14. I want to dig into it right now…never tasted hummus with green peas but sounds so yumm

    1. Thank you so much Anupa…

  15. At home we are a big fan of hummus. Your version seems so good.

    1. Thank you so much Eliza…

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