Paprika and Red Pepper Hummus Recipe

Hummus recipes are very versatile as you can use many toppings and other ingredients to flavour the hummus in different ways.

My paprika and red pepper hummus recipe is my original chickpea hummus recipe with a topping of olive oil , sweet red peppers, roughly chopped garlic, paprika, chives and a pinch of toasted cumin seeds.

This hummus recipe is very very delicious and is great with fresh bread.

Ingredients for Jeenas Kitchen Paprika and Red Pepper Hummus Recipe
Jeenas Fresh Homemade Hummus
1 Sweet Pointed Red Pepper (diced)
2 Garlic Cloves (roughly chopped)
1 Tbsp Paprika (I used Hungarian Paprika)
Pinch Cumin Seeds
Large Pinch Dried Chives
Olive Oil


Picture of chopped red peppers and fresh garlic.


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How to make Jeenas Kitchen Paprika and Red Pepper Hummus Recipe

Spread the fresh hummus onto a flat plate.

Drizzle a generous amount of olive oil into a small frying pan.

On a medium/high heat fry the sweet red pepper pieces and paprika, cook for a few minutes.

Stir well.

When the peppers start to soften after a few minutes add the dried chives and garlic.

Stir well.

Cook garlic for a few minutes, careful not to over cook the garlic and burn it.

Once garlic is almost cooked add a pinch of cumin seeds.

Cook seeds for a minute or two.

Use a spoon to pour the paprika red peppers on top of the hummus or carefully pour it directly from the pan onto the hummus.

Enjoy Jeenas Kitchen paprika and red pepper hummus recipe.

See my hummus recipe or my delicious caramelized onion hummus recipe for more ways to eat hummus.

Hummus Recipe

Hummus is a thick dip consisting of chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic and tahini. Tahini is a paste made from ground sesame seeds.

There are many ways and variations of making a hummus recipe. It can be made with many vegetables and pulses and all different kinds of dressings.

Hummus can be served with bread and salad.

Chickpeas are very high in protein and vitamins and very tasty too.

I pressure cook my chickpeas from fresh but you can use tinned chickpeas if you like.

Ingredients for Jeenas Kitchen Hummus Recipe
Approx 250g Dried Chickpeas
1 Garlic Clove
1-2 Tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
1 Tbsp Tahini
Salt to season
Olive Oil or Virgin Rapeseed Oil

'note...Using a pressure cooker you can soak chickpeas for a few hours only before cooking, if you are not using a pressure cooker then chickpeas must always be soaked over night and cooked until soft.'

How to make Hummus

Soak chickpeas from 5 hours to over night in fresh boiled water.

Rinse chickpeas and place into a pressure cooker.

Cover with water.

Do not add salt here.

Never fill the pressure cooker past half way.

Place on the lid and cook at full pressure for 20 minutes.

Carefully place cooker under the cold water tap and release the pressure by removing the lid.

Add salt to season.

Place chickpeas in the blender with lemon juice, garlic, oil, tahini and enough of the chickpea pan water to make a thick loose paste.

Serve in a bowl or flat plate and drizzle with olive oil.

Enjoy your delicious hummus recipe.

See my caramelzied onion hummus recipe for more delicious ways to eat hummus.