
Salads & starters
Hummus bil-lahm (meat hummus)
Hummus bil-lahm is a chickpea hummus topped with lamb or beef sautéed with onions, pine nuts and spices. A popular dish from Syria and the Levant, it is eaten lukewarm with flatbread as a complete meal.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Houmous
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
On the side
Nutrition facts
498 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 24.3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 19.1 g
- of which sugars
- 2.2 g
- Fat
- 34 g
- of which saturated fat
- 7.5 g
- Fiber
- 7.2 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Blend the drained chickpeas with the tahini, lemon juice, garlic and cumin for 2 min, then gradually add the ice water until smooth and creamy.
- Season with salt and taste to adjust the lemon, then spread the hummus in a deep dish.
- Toast the pine nuts dry in a pan, then set them aside.
- In a drizzle of oil, sauté the sliced onion until golden and caramelized, 8 to 10 min. Set half aside for the topping.
- Add the ground meat to the remaining onion and cook over high heat for 6 to 8 min, crumbling it, until well browned.
- Season the meat with the cinnamon, pepper, salt and black pepper, then stir in half the pine nuts.
- Spread the spiced meat in the center of the hummus, sprinkle with the reserved onion, pine nuts and parsley, then drizzle with olive oil.
- Serve lukewarm with flatbreads.
Variations and tips
Vegetarian version. Replace the meat with cooked brown lentils, keeping the onions, pine nuts and spices.
Using what's available here. Canned chickpeas work perfectly in place of home-cooked dried chickpeas soaked and cooked, saving time.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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