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Serves 2-3

225g cooked chick peas
2-3 cloves garlic, crushed

2 tbsp tahini paste
4 tbsp olive oil
juice of 1 lemon
1tsp ground cumin

½ tsp salt

¼ tsp ground white pepper

½ tsp paprika

½ tsp Chilli powder

For the garnish: black olives, paprika and olive oil

Preparation:

Tip the chick peas into a colander and drain, reserving the liquid and leave chick peas to cool.

Blend or mash the chick peas with the remaining ingredients. Add more lemon juice if necessary and add enough of the reserved chick peas liquid to give a soft dropping consistency, not too runny.

It is a good idea to add the liquids a little by little.Add the ground cumin and mix followed by the pepper. Garnish with a sprinkling of paprika, a significantly placed black olive or two and a drizzling of olive oil.