Avocado houmous with coriander pitta
- Published: 30 Jun 05
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
This avocado houmous recipe with coriander pitta combines the usual suspects of chickpeas and tahini with yielding, ripe avocados to give a rich houmous.
Want to try a different vegetable in your houmous? How about this broad bean recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 ripe avocado
- 410g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- Juice of ½ large lemon
- 2 tbsp tahini (sesame seed paste, from major supermarkets)
- 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
- Few spring onions, sliced, to garnish (optional)
For the coriander pittas
- 50g butter
- 1½ tsp coriander seeds, roughly crushed
- Handful of fresh coriander, leaves roughly torn
- 6 white pittas
Method
- Make the avocado houmous. Halve and stone the avocado, scoop out the flesh and put it into a food processor. Add the chickpeas, garlic, ground cumin, lemon juice, tahini and olive oil and pulse until nearly smooth. Transfer to a bowl and season to taste. Drizzle with a little oil, and top with spring onion, if using.
- Make the pittas. Preheat the grill to medium. Melt the butter in a small pan over a medium heat. Remove from the heat and stir in the coriander seeds and leaves. Brush over 1 side of each pitta, pop 3 on a baking sheet, butter side up, and grill for 1-2 minutes until golden. Set aside while you grill the rest. Cool slightly, then slice each pitta. Serve with the houmous.
- Recipe from July 2005 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 441kcals
- Fat
- 22.7g (6.9g saturated)
- Protein
- 12.2g
- Carbohydrates
- 50.6g (3.1g sugar)
- Salt
- 1.3g
delicious. tips
To stop the avocado houmous turning brown, cover the surface with cling film.
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