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Are you getting sick of hummus on everything? Looking for something new? Don’t spurn the chickpea yet. Here’s a dip that’ll make you look at that beautiful garbanzo bean in a whole new way. And there are good reasons to keep it on the menu: high in fiber, protein, manganese, and iron along with a series of powerful antioxidants, this little legume helps keep you in tip-top health.
Every single time until now that I’ve used chickpeas for a dip or spread, I’ve whizzed them up into some variation of hummus. I don’t know why. I’m not usually a creature of habit, but for some reason my needle was stuck on a single track with these. But since I’d already consumed the last of my tahini sampling the latest round of bread from the oven, I needed to come up with something else.
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I was working on a recipe for Quinoa Patties (recipe coming soon now click on that link!) filled with Asian flavors, so I decide that the fresh zing of ginger and lemon combined with a few stems of cilantro might be just the light note I was looking for.
The dip was perfect with the quinoa patties, but also perfect later with light crackers and as a dip for a variety of vegetables. It’s easy to double or triple the batch and would freeze nicely, so go ahead: go crazy with this stuff!
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Chickpea Ginger Lemon Dip
1 cup / 250 ml cooked chickpeas, liquid reserved
2 tablespoons minced, fresh cilantro, including stems
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon fresh, grated ginger
salt to taste (note: if you are using canned chickpeas, definitely taste before adding salt)
2 Tablespoons or up to 1/4 cup / 50 ml of chickpea liquid, depending on desired dip thickness
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Taste; add salt, lemon and/or chickpea liquid as needed/desired.
Serve with quinoa patties, crudite, crackers…
Makes approximately 1 cup/2dl
Hi This sounds amazing! I can’t wait to try it. The link for the patties is not working?? Could you possibly send it to me?
Thanks,
Leticia
Hi Leticia! Thanks for letting me know about the broken link. It’s fixed now 🙂 I’ll also send the link directly to your email account. Hope you enjoy the dip and the quinoa patties! Best, Ann