Pita with bean hummus
4 servings
90 minutes
A lot of ingredients are easily and quickly combined into a healthy and tasty filling for pita. The pita is easy to hold, it holds its shape and does not allow the contents to leak out. The filling is feta cheese and vegetables in bean hummus - all this is dry enough not to soak the bread, but at the same time very nutritious - it contains proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and fiber. Wrap the pita in a bag, it will be even more convenient to eat. The recipe is taken from the book "Simple Kitchen with Alexander Belkovich .
1
Soak the beans in cold water beforehand (for about 8 hours).
- White beans: 100 g
- Red beans: 100 g
2
Clean and chop half a carrot into small pieces, chop the onion.
- Carrot: 0.5 piece
- Onion: 1 piece
3
In a pot, sauté carrots, onions, and soaked beans in olive oil.
- Carrot: 0.5 piece
- Onion: 1 piece
- White beans: 100 g
- Red beans: 100 g
- Olive oil: 20 ml
4
Place the tomatoes in a pot, drizzle with juice from the can. Add a little water. Cover with a lid and cook for 50 minutes until the beans are soft. Add cumin and salt, mix well.
- Tomatoes in their own juice: 150 g
- Cumin (zira): to taste
- Salt: to taste
5
Remove the pot from the heat, blend the contents with a blender or mash with a potato masher. If the hummus is too thick, add a little hot boiled water.
6
Pour in some olive oil. Squeeze a small amount of lemon juice. Mix, and transfer the hummus to a plate.
- Olive oil: 20 ml
- Lemon: 1 piece
7
Cut the cucumber into thin strips and the tomato into small cubes. Slice the olives and olives into rings.
- Cucumbers: 1 g
- Tomatoes: 1 piece
- Olives: 3 pieces
- Olive: 3 pieces
8
Wrap each pita in plastic wrap and place it in the microwave for 20 seconds.
9
Cut the edge of each pita to make it easy to open and fill with stuffing.
10
Inside the hot pita, place tomatoes, hummus, cucumbers, and olives. Sprinkle with feta or brine cheese on top.
- Tomatoes: 1 piece
- Cucumbers: 1 g
- Olives: 3 pieces
- Olive: 3 pieces
- Feta cheese: 100 g
11
Slice the radish thinly, wash the greens, and dry them.
- Radish: 2 pieces
12
Garnish pita sandwiches with slices of radish, cilantro, and basil, drizzling with cold-pressed olive oil.
- Radish: 2 pieces
- Coriander: to taste
- Basil: to taste
- Extra virgin olive oil: to taste