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Yellow pea hummus

With this quick and easy hummus, replace chickpeas with Quebec yellow peas: it's delicious!

  • Preparation

    10 minutes

  • Cooking

    0 minutes

  • Yield

    1 large bowl

  • Key ingredient(s) in this recipe

Good to know

  • You're not wrong: yellow peas have replaced chickpeas! It's a great alternative, and it's grown locally!

  • Beware: the taste of yellow peas is more bitter than chickpeas... If you prefer to tone down the bitterness, you can add a few drops of balsamic vinegar to finish the seasoning. And that's it!

  • Bonus: it's even cheaper to buy dried yellow peas and cook them yourself. In a large saucepan, let them simmer uncovered over medium heat for at least 30 minutes before preparing the hummus. The yellow peas should be sufficiently melting when cooked!

  • You can enjoy this quick and easy hummus with pita bread or naan, for example.


Source: Malek Batal, Professor of Nutrition, for Équiterre

  • 500 ml (2 cups) Quebec yellow peas
  • Juice of 2 large lemons
  • 500 ml (2 cups) tahini
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • Salt, to taste
  • 30 ml (2 tablespoons) olive oil
  • Cumin
  • Smoked paprika (optional, to taste)
  • Balsamic vinegar (optional, to taste)