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Healthy recipe for sweet potato hummus, a unique and delicious twist on this traditional Middle Eastern favorite.
I first met Arabella Forge, a holistic dietician and nutritionist, at the 2004 Wise Traditions Conference.
Arabella’s first book Frugavore received a thumbs-up book review from Sally Fallon Morell, President of the Weston A. Price Foundation.
Arabella and I immediately hit it off and have become lifelong friends in the ensuing years.
My husband is from her hometown of Melbourne Australia, and I have visited that beautiful city on several occasions.
Frugavore is a must-have on the home bookshelf in this era of food shortages and increasingly sketchy food processing techniques.
It contains loads of practical advice and recipes for those who seek to eat Real Food on a budget, the essence of the old proverb “waste not, want not”.
One of the most unique recipes that we enjoy in our home is sweet potato hummus. It is a tasty twist on the traditional Middle Eastern favorite made with chickpeas.
Another awesome recipe from Frugavore featured on this blog is Moroccan rabbit hot pot.
I suggest enjoying this delicious hummus spread on homemade sourdough tortilla chips or these gluten-free sprouted corn tortilla chips.
More Sweet Potato Recipes
If you love sweet potatoes, you may like to try these related recipes too!
Sweet Potato Hummus Recipe
Recipe for sweet potato hummus that is a unique and delicious twist on the traditional Middle Eastern favorite.
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried chickpeas or 32 ounces jarred soaked chickpeas
- 1 sweet potato large, preferably organic
- 1 carrot medium, preferably organic
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1-3 garlic cloves crushed
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1 lemon large, juiced
- sea salt to taste
Instructions
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Soak the dried chickpeas overnight in water to cover with a pinch of baking soda to improve digestibility and nutrient absorption. Drain, rinse and re-cover with fresh filtered water after soaking.
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Bring chickpeas to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes or until soft.
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If using jarred soaked chickpeas (2 1/2 jars equals 1 cup of dried chickpeas), skip the above steps.
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Coarsely chop the carrot and sweet potato and simmer in a pot of water along with the garlic until soft.
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Drain the veggies and chickpeas (do not use as aquafaba) and process together in a food processor along with the paprika and lemon juice. Taste and add sea salt as necessary.
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Add olive oil gradually, pureeing at high speed until a very smooth paste is formed. Use more olive oil to obtain the desired consistency.
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Serve sweet potato hummus immediately with choice of crackers, chips or cut vegetables.
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Refrigerate any sweet potato hummus leftovers in an airtight, preferably glass container.
Sweet potato hummus is the BEST. Oh so very yummy, especially with some cayenne in it…Mmmmmm!
Sounds delicious and relatively easy to make RT @realfoodmedia Sweet Potato Hummus http://t.co/3S9Z26N5
The baking soda is totally new to me. Can you explain a bit about that? With Nourishing Traditions, it usually calls for soaking with sea salt or whey. Is the baking soda a better substitute? I’d love to know which works best or how to use these. Does just sea salt help with digestion or is that solely used to enhance flavor and impart minerals? Thanks for the wide variety of helpful information you post on this site. I learn so much from you!
Hi Jackie, whey works best for some legumes and baking soda for others. Sea salt is good for soaking nuts and seeds.
Yes 😉
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Sounds delicious! I bet my little guy would like this too 🙂
I think I would love this book. Just in the last year, we have chickens with fresh eggs daily, and using our own compost for growing our garden. I planted my first fall garden a few weeks ago with cabbage, broccoli, spinache, lettuce, etc. Can’t wait to read this.
This is gonna have to happen this weekend: Sweet Potato Hummus – The Healthy Home Economist http://t.co/3WCRNWtp
Yummy! Wow, I LOVE hummus, and I REALLY love sweet potatos! How could I go wrong with this? ;^D
I’ll definitely have to check out “Frugavore”. Do you think I could get it at the library yet? How new is it?
Ariel
Hi Ariel, I think Frugavore is too hot off the presses to be at the library just yet.
Seattle Public Library already has it in the catalog, which means you can put holds on it and be among the first to get it when it arrives. So check your library catalogs! 🙂
Awesome!