Damascus, Syria

Fatteh hummus

Name: Fatteh hummus
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Syrian
Ingredients: 2 1/2 pitas cut in squares pita bread; 2 1/2 cups cooked hot chickpeas, boiled; 1 1/2 cups thick curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 2 1/2 tbsp tahini; 2 cloves crushed garlic; 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice; 1 1/2 tbsp ghee; 2 tbsp or pine nuts almonds; 1/2 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); a few leaves flat leaf parsley; a pinch kashmiri chilli powder; Salt, to taste

Crisp bread, warm chickpeas, garlicky curd, sizzling ghee. Layers with a plan.

30 minTime

19 gProtein each

mildSpice

The art of crumbled bread2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayDamascus style, with sizzling ghee and nuts.

The original

475kcalsame

19 gproteinsame

10 gfibresame

30minutessame

The original fatteh.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Pita bread2½ pitas, cut in squares

Chickpeas, boiled2½ cups cooked, hot

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)1½ cups thick

Tahini2½ tbsp

Garlic2 cloves, crushed

Lemon juice1½ tbsp

Ghee1½ tbsp

Almonds2 tbsp, or pine nuts

Cumin powder (ground cumin)½ tsp

Flat leaf parsleya few leaves

Kashmiri chilli powdera pinch

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Toast the pita squares in the oven until crisp and golden.
2Whisk curd, tahini, garlic, lemon and salt into a smooth sauce. Keep at room temperature.
3Layer bread in a dish, spoon over hot chickpeas with a little of their liquid and cumin, then pour over the yoghurt sauce.
4Fry the nuts in ghee until golden and pour the sizzling ghee over the top. Dust paprika, add parsley.

Serve it like this

Serve straight from the dish while hot, ghee and nuts glistening on top. Add pickles, raw onion and mint tea on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Damascus, Syria

Fatteh hummus

Crisp bread, warm chickpeas, garlicky curd, sizzling ghee. Layers with a plan.

30 minTime

19 gProtein each

mildSpice

The art of crumbled bread2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayDamascus style, with sizzling ghee and nuts.

The original

475kcalsame

19 gproteinsame

10 gfibresame

30minutessame

The original fatteh.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Pita bread2½ pitas, cut in squares

Chickpeas, boiled2½ cups cooked, hot

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)1½ cups thick

Tahini2½ tbsp

Garlic2 cloves, crushed

Lemon juice1½ tbsp

Ghee1½ tbsp

Almonds2 tbsp, or pine nuts

Cumin powder (ground cumin)½ tsp

Flat leaf parsleya few leaves

Kashmiri chilli powdera pinch

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Toast the pita squares in the oven until crisp and golden.
2Whisk curd, tahini, garlic, lemon and salt into a smooth sauce. Keep at room temperature.
3Layer bread in a dish, spoon over hot chickpeas with a little of their liquid and cumin, then pour over the yoghurt sauce.
4Fry the nuts in ghee until golden and pour the sizzling ghee over the top. Dust paprika, add parsley.

Serve it like this

Serve straight from the dish while hot, ghee and nuts glistening on top. Add pickles, raw onion and mint tea on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Fatteh hummus

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Fatteh hummus

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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