Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Serves: 4
Make this classic Mediterranean dish right at home. It’s easy & quick to make, and the result is oh-so-delicious. Did we mention that it’s healthy, too? Find out how to make Hummus with Pita Chips in no time.
For the pita chips:
For the hummus:
Chef Tip: Cut some carrots, cucumbers, and celery into 2-inch strips and serve them along with the hummus for an even healthier alternative. You can also add some paprika to your hummus and pita chips for a spicy kick.
This classic dish can serve as a midday snack, an appetizer at a dinner party, or even a meal in itself. Share this easy Hummus with Pita Chips recipe with your friends!
Hummus is more than a dish in parts of the Middle East. It has a rich and largely disputed history and the origin is stubbornly claimed by Lebanon and Israel. So the two countries decided to settle things once and for all and began to compete over who could make the world’s largest hummus dish. The hummus war is real people!
• “Hummus” is derived from Arabic meaning “chickpeas”. The earliest known documented recipe for a dish resembling hummus was found in cookbooks written in Cairo in the 13th century. The basic ingredients constituting hummus have been eaten together in the Levant over centuries.
• Pita, on the other hand, has its roots in the prehistoric flatbreads of the Middle East. There is evidence of a dish like pita from 14,500 years ago during the Stone Age where the Natufian people in what is now known as Jordan made a kind of flatbread from wild cereal grains.
• Pita chips are relatively high in calories, carbohydrates, and sodium but can also supply certain micronutrients like folate, thiamine, vitamin E, and niacin.
• Chickpeas, the main ingredient of hummus has appreciable amounts of dietary fiber, protein, vitamin B6, manganese, and other nutrients. Hummus roughly provides 170 calories for a quantity of 100 grams.