Low-fat Hummus

Hummus is for me like cookie Madeleine for Marcel Proust. Take one bite, and it will take you back to your past. For me, hummus takes me back to my Israel trip. I visited Israel with my best friend. The 2 of us, just went and explored Israel for 2 weeks. In the beginning, it was hard for me from the food perspective because everything there had garlic inside! I was on a diet that time as well because of my gallstones so my hunt was even harder, because I was not just looking for no onion no garlic humus, but low-fat hummus without garlic and onion.

One day, we discovered that restaurants are making fresh hummus in the morning, and if you get there early enough, they have hummus without garlic and onion. It was an extremely positive surprise, and from that day, until the end of our Israel adventure, hummus was on the menu every day.

Since my trip to Israel, whenever I eat hummus, I always remember my Israel adventure.

P.s. my hummus is low-fat hummus, and it is perfect for people who are suffering from gallstones, or GERD or are trying to lose weight.

Ingredients for low-fat hummus

• canned chickpea
• lemon juice
• olive oil
• water
• tahini
• cumin
• parsley
• Salt

How to make low-fat hummus in detail

My low-fat hummus, like every other hummus recipe starts with tahini. Another name for tahini is sesame paste. Original tahini has only 3 ingredients: sesame, olive oil, and salt.

In case you don’t want to use store-bought tahini or you can’t find allium-free tahini, I created an easy tahini recipe which you can find by clicking here.

Tahini will give flavor to the hummus, and it is an important part of the low-fat hummus. In the case that you want to make it an even lighter version of hummus, you can put less tahini, and ditch the olive oil completely.

First step of making low-fat hummus

In the blender add tahini, olive oil, and lemon juice. Start the blender and blend it for a few seconds.
When tahini, olive oil, and lemon juice are combined, add cumin, parsley, and salt to the blender. Blend it together. This step will take only a few seconds.
Put the tahini, olive oil, and lemon juice in the blender. Blend it to combine it together.

How to blend the ingredients of hummus together?

Next, add chickpea to the blender. Blend it. Have water next to you now. It might be too dry because of chickpeas. Add water gradually, one tablespoon at a time. Do not worry if the low-fat hummus is too dry, and has lumps, just add a tablespoon of water and blend it. Be careful, you might need to add water almost immediately. Observe your blender, and if it looks like it is struggling, making strange noises, or not blending the low-fat hummus, just add water and it will be fine. Adding more water instead of olive oil is making this hummus a low-fat hummus.

How to season hummus

Finally, blend the hummus in the blender until you get a nice and smooth mixture. Try hummus, and if it is necessary, add more salt in this step. After you add salt, blend it for a few seconds to distribute the salt evenly in the low-fat hummus mixture.

Lastly, serve hummus with warm pita bread, or vegetable sticks like carrot, or celery sticks.

If you are missing a spicy aroma, add ground smoked paprika on top.

Need more recipe ideas?

Check out these recipes:

1. Chicken Soup
2. Air Fryer Meatballs
3. Low Fat Kale Meatballs Soup
4. Lekker One Pot Chicken
5. Low Fat Vegetable Casserole

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