Serves: 4-6

Homemade Houmous with Watercress

Homemade Houmous with Watercress

Preparation: 5 minutes

What you'll need:

2 cans chick peas

1 clove garlic, crushed

45ml/3 tbsp olive oil

15ml/1 tbsp tahini

juice 1 lemon

good pinch cayenne pepper

1 (85g) bag watercress

Wholemeal pitta bread to serve

What to do

Drain the chick peas, reserving 100ml/4floz of the liquid. Put half the chick peas and all the liquid in a food processor, add the garlic, olive oil, tahini, lemon juice, cayenne and plenty of salt and freshly ground black pepper. Whizz until the mixture becomes smooth.

Add the remaining chick peas and the watercress and whizz again on the pulse setting, until the mixture is still quite chunky. Serve stuffed in warm pitta bread or as a dip with crudités.

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