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Pumpkin Hummus
December 31, 2009 | 33 Comments
Recipe Marathon: Final Day (Day 7).
Vegans are always scouring for calcium-rich recipes, and hummus is at the top of the list.
It’s got two ingredients that meet that criterion – chickpeas/garbanzo beans and sesame seeds. Two tbsps sesame seeds have 17% of the daily value of calcium, while chickpeas have 190mg per 100 grams cooked.
We’ve posted some hummus variations before – Olive Hummus and Lima Bean Hummus. This time we added some pumpkin. Chickpeas and yellow pumpkin make a great combination.
PUMPKIN HUMMUS
Makes about 1.5 cups.
1. The Pumpkin
Peel, cube and steam any yellow pumpkin (butternut/hubbard/banana/acorn squash) until tender. Use very little or no water while steaming. We used a bamboo steamer placed on our wok. You can steam it in the pressure cooker in a container with about 2 tbsps water or in the microwave with 2 tbsps water covered.
Or roast it until tender.
Canned or frozen will work as well.
2. The Chickpeas
Soak 1/3 cup chickpeas overnight and cook to tender. Save about 1/2 cup cooking liquid and drain. If using canned chickpeas, drain, rinse and discard the water in the can.
3. The Sesame Seeds
We’ve found that grinding up brown sesame seeds gives a much better flavour than using ready-made tahini (white sesame seed paste in stale refined oil). White sesame seeds are brown sesame seeds with the bran (and many nutrients) removed.
Grind up
4 tbsps brown sesame seeds
in the food processor jar you will use to blend the hummus. When they start releasing their oils, add
1 cup cooked cubed yellow pumpkin
1 cup cooked chickpeas
1/4 cup lemon or lime juice
3 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1/4 tsp cumin powder
1/4 tsp cayenne (chilli) powder
salt to taste
and as much of the chickpea liquid/water as you need.
Stir in
1/2 tsp dried oregano
and top with more cayenne powder or paprika.
Pumpkin Hummus with Celery Sticks
Filed Under: banana-squash, Beans-(Dried), brown sesame seeds, calcium, cayenne, Celery, chickpeas, Chillies/Peppers, cumin, garbanzo-beans, Garlic, hummus, Lemon/Lime, NUTRITION, Oregano, paprika, Pumpkin/Squash, Sesame Seeds, tahini, vegan recipes, vegetarian recipes
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33 Comments
Pumpkin gives very nice color to Hummus. Mouth watering pics..
Happy 2010.
Serious picture envy here.The hummus must be quite delicious,I would be happy with just the picture alone.Congrats on completing the marathon!Happy New Year!
Anything with pumpkin is so festive & colorful
Wishing you both a very Happy & Joyous New Year.
Cheers,
Siri
Love the flavors of pumpkin in hummus. Have a wonderful new year Jai and Bee.
Delicious hummus.
Happy New Year! J & B.
Yumm…. Looks delicious..
Happy New Year Jai & Bee !!
Mala
Beautiful color on the hummus. Wish you a very, Happy New Year, Jai and Bee!
Wonderful hummus
wish you and jai a very happy new year
Grinding your own sesame paste for this is brilliant. Also love that yellow-headed blackbird! Happy Healthy New Year to you both
Lovely creation of hummus! So beautiful color of all pics. Bee, do you recommend to buy that Bamboo steamer? I just love it…and seen many Asian stores and restaurants here. Thank you for sharing such a great post!
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you & Jai!
if you get it cheap, buy it. if you have a metal steamer already, don’t bother.
OK. Thank you!
what a lovely dip – I love pumpkin hummus and must make some now I see it here – best wishes for a wonderful 2010
The second pic is so zingy & summery, pumpkin hummus sounds nice, i think bharti made something similar too.
Wish a fabulous new year to both of you, and look forward to many more inspiring nuggets on health, food and fitness
I love two things about your hummus recipe: the use of sesame seeds and the use of squash. I’ll carry this over to the New Year as a special gift. Best wishes for the New Year. As we say in Italian: Buon Anno!
Addendum: what I meant is that I will make the recipe in the New Year. I actually have a nice banana squash at home, so you gave me a great suggestion for using it.
A lovely recipe. Seeing this I remember Dee’s Beet Hummus. I wish you both a very happy New Year, Jai and Bee.
A gorgeous hummus! I love this version!
Best wishes for 2010! keep up with the great work!
Cheers,
Rosa xoxo
Hi Bee,
First of all a very happy new year to you and your family. for the last week or so was very busy with the Recipe marathon and could not check most of other’s recipes. today am lazing and blog hopping big time. I have known your blog for quite a long time and have drooled at all of your gorgeous picture. love these recipes very innovative and healthy. Love this hummus.
An unique hummus.
Wishing u and Jai a Fantastic Year 2010!
Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year!!!
pumpkin hummus looks wonderful and great clicks. happy new year to you too!
Happy new year dear Bee and Jai!
A very Happy New Year to you too dear Jai & Bee
What a delightful version on the hummus!Happy new year 2010! full of love and joy! much love,Mia
The idea of pumpkin hummus sounds awesome!
Happy, Happy New Year!
Paz
The hummus has a rich color and what a flavor combination!! Just a thought, how about using idli plates for steaming..I am going to try with that..
Wishing you both a very happy new year!
Wish you both a very happy and blessed new year!
Me loves all kinds of hummus and this looks wonderful.I like the make your own tahina idea.
Great idea,I was thinking making a batch of hummus,now I know the new flavor to try.
Best wishes for 2010
Happy new year!
I’ve got cubed pumpkin and shall use it in this
I will use it as a spread over toast 
Looks delicious. I didn’t know about brown sesame seeds. Thought they only sold white and toasted. I’ll have to look more carefully in the grocery aisle.
If you cook anything out of your garden this month, I’d sure love to have you participate in our Grow Your Own roundup again!
Another ode to the loveliest of lovelies…the chickpea.
SWEET!!
this looks like a nice variation to the traditional hummus! though ive never seen brown sesame before, only the black ones and the hulled sesame.