Festive sharing platter | Recipe by Candy & Green

Entertaining a crowd this Diwali? Big sharing platters are a wonderful way to feed your guests and tucking in together always seems to serve as an ice breaker of sorts. 

Hummus Platter: 

Ingredients

 For hummus –

80 gm Chickpeas – soaked overnight & boiled in pressure cooker

10gm Tahina paste

2gm salt

2gm garlic – minced

Extra Virgin Olive Oil – for hummus

20 ml of Chilled water

½ lemon

2 tsp  peri powder 

handful of fresh basil leaves

For pita bread –

2 big oval sized – lightly toasted

4 small coin-sized – lightly toasted

For garnish –

3 gm Feta cheese

0.5 gm scallions

2gm hazelnuts – toasted and crushed

0.25 gm red chilli powder

0.25 gm sumac powder

Extra virgin Olive oil – to drizzle

2 gm pomegranate

Method

In a mixer jar, blend chickpeas, tahina, garlic, Extra Virgin olive oil and lemon with chilled water. Till a paste is formed. Adjust the seasoning as per taste.

Divide the hummus into three portions. One portion can be served as original hummus.

Blend the second portion of hummus with peri-peri powder to make peri-peri hummus

Blend third portion of hummus with fresh basil leaves to make a basil hummus. 

Add garnish.

Toast the pita bread for 1 min. Brush with oil.  

About Candy & Green

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