roasted pumpkin hummus

Written By Angelica Pupillo

Dips are such a fantastic lunch box idea if your teen feels most comfortable to have snacks at school and their meals at home. You can make this dip over the weekend and pop a dollop in their lunch box along with some crackers, turkish bread or some chopped up veggies. Hope you love this one!

recipe (serves 3-4)

ingredients

  • 1 cup butternut pumpkin, skin removed and chopped into cubes

  • 1 400g can chickpeas, rinsed

  • 1 tbsp unhulled tahini

  • Juice of ½ lemon

  • 1 clove garlic, roasted**

  • 1 tbsp ground cumin

  • Olive oil

  • Salt

  • For serving: Salt flakes, chilli flakes, roasted hazelnuts or pepitas (about 1/4 cup)

  • ** How to roast garlic: Put the garlic clove (with the skin on) on a lined baking tray. Place in a preheated 180C oven for 15 minutes. Allow to cool for a couple of minutes before removing the skin. Discard the skin and keep the cloves for the recipe

method

1. Preheat oven to 180C with the fan on.

2. Add the cubed pumpkin to a non-stick baking tray and drizzle with olive oil and season with salt. Roast for 30 to 40 minutes or until the pieces are golden and you can easily insert a fork into each piece.

3. While the pumpkin is cooking, pour the pumpkin seeds onto a baking tray and roast for 15 minutes alongside the pumpkin.

4. Allow the pumpkin to cool for at least 30 minutes before adding it to a food processor along with the chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, roasted garlic, cumin, two tbsp of olive oil and a tsp of salt. Blitz until it turns into a thick paste. If you don’t want it to be as thick, continue adding olive oil until it reaches your desired texture.

5. Taste for seasoning and adjust if necessary (you can also try adding in paprika, turmeric or ground coriander seeds for a different flavour).

6. Pour the dip into a bowl or large container and top with a drizzle of olive oil, chilli flakes (optional) and your toasted pumpkin seeds.

tip

This is perfect to prepare on a Sunday for a few days of easy lunch boxes!

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