Easy carrot hummus recipe (2024)

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A delicious homemade spiced roast carrot hummus recipe – super easy and naturally vegan. Tasty, healthy lunch idea.

Homemade hummus is so easy to make it’s literally just throw a few ingredients into the blender and whizz.

Then once you’ve got your basic hummus recipe sorted – you can flavour it up however you like and create different hummus flavours effortlessly.

Hummus is naturally vegan, packed with healthy ingredients and makes a tasty snack or sandwich filler.

I love this hummus loaded up on wholegrain rolls and topped with roast vegetables and watercress.

Carrot Hummus Ingredients

300g (approx 3-4) carrots scrubbed

3 cloves of garlic (skin left on)

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tbs olive oil

400g tin chickpeas

1 tbs tahini

1 lemon juiced

1 tbs olive oil

1 pinch sea salt flakes

1 tbs sesame seeds

1 tbs sunflower seeds

Carrot Hummus Recipe

Preheat the oven to 180C

Scrub the carrots with a vegetable brush to clean off any soil.

Chop the carrots into batons – this just means they roast faster.

Toss the carrot batons into a roasting tin and drizzle over a tbs of olive oil, sprinkle with sea salt, black pepper and the cumin seeds.

Toss everything together using your hands and the tuck the whole garlic cloves in amongst the carrots.

Roast the carrots in the oven for around 40 minutes until the carrot batons are softened and caramelising – if you wait until they start to caramelise then they taste so much better.

Once the carrots are cooked – remove the roasting tin from the oven and squeeze the garlic from the skins using the back of a fork.

Leave the carrots to cool in the tray.

Once the carrots are cooled it’s time to make the flavoured hummus.

How To Make Hummus

First scrape the roasted carrot batons and roasted garlic puree along with any cooking oil and the cumin seeds into a blender bowl.

Blitz the carrots to a chunky puree.

Tip in the chickpeas, season with a pinch of sea salt, add the tahini and another tbs of olive oil and the juice from the lemon.

Blitz everything together until it’s smooth – if the hummus is too thick then loosen it by adding a drop of cold water little at a time until you have the consistency you prefer.

Taste the hummus and season with more salt if needed.

Once the hummus is ready tip into a serving bowl.

If you’re topping the hummus with toasted seeds then warm a frying pan on a medium heat – don’t add oil!

Tip the seeds into the dry frying pan and gently toast, shake the pan often to avoid the seeds burning.

Once toasted – scatter them over the hummus and serve.

You might also just LOVE our roast pumpkin hummus recipe here.

Homemade Carrot Hummus Recipe

Carrot Hummus Recipe

Yield: Serves 6

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Ingredients

300g carrots
3 cloves garlic (skin left on)
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tbs olive oil
400g tin chickpeas
1 tbs tahini
1 lemon juiced
1 tbs olive oil
1 pinch sea salt
1 tbs sunflower seeds
1 tbs sesame seeds

Instructions

Heat oven to 180C
Scrub the carrots - then cut into batons
Put the carrots into a roasting tin - drizzle over a tbs of olive oil, sprinkle over the cumin seeds and season with salt and black pepper.
Toss everything together then tuck the whole garlic cloves amongst the carots.
Roast in the oven for around 45 minutes until the carots are tender.
Once cooked - remove the carrots from the oven and leave to cool. Squash the garlic from the skins.
To make the hummus - tip the carrots and garlic into the blender and blitz together.
Add the chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, 1 tbs and season with sea salt. Blend until smooth.
If the hummus is too thick, add a little cold water to loosen.
Taste the hummus and season with more salt if needed.
Tip the hummus into a serving bowl.
Toast the seeds in a dry frying pan over a medium heat - shake the pan often so they don't burn. Allow them to cool a little and then scatter over the hummus and serve.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 202Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 138mgCarbohydrates: 25gFiber: 7gSugar: 5gProtein: 7g

Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.