Our quick & easy Lemon Dill Hummus recipe is a healthy Middle Eastern dip and ideal addition to your next meze snack platter.
This traditional and authentic Dill Hummus recipe features flavourful ingredients like olive oil, garlic, tahini, lemon juice, chickpeas and fresh dill.
The simple vegan and vegetarian friendly dip is best served as a snack with pita chips and crudités. It can also be used as a spread for sandwiches and wraps and sauce for grilled meats, seafood and roasted vegetables.
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What Is Lemon Dill Hummus?
Hummus is a Middle Eastern dip, spread, or savoury dish made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon juice, and garlic. The standard garnish in the Middle East includes olive oil, a few whole cooked chickpeas, parsley, and paprika.
In Middle Eastern cuisine, it is usually eaten as a dip, with pita bread. In the West, it is produced industrially, and is often served as a healthy snack or appetizer with pita chips and crudités.
The earliest known written recipes for a dish resembling hummus are recorded in cookbooks written in Cairo in the 13th century. Today it is often served as part of a meze or as an accompaniment to falafel, grilled chicken, fish, or eggplant.
Our creamy Lemon Dill Hummus offers a spin on the classic recipe flavouring the classic chickpea dip with fragrant dill weed, which gives it a slightly green colour.
Travel to the Middle East by Cooking Dill Hummus at Home
I love traveling to the Middle East and North Africa.
As a professional food and travel journalist, I’ve had the opportunity to enjoy amazing meals in the Middle East, from authentic markets to award winning restaurants.
For over ten years, I’ve been on the hunt for the best Lemon Dill Hummus via adventures that had me zig-zagging through Morocco, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Dubai. You guessed it! Some of my fondest food memories while traveling in the Middle East include colourful eye-popping meze platters featuring mutabbal, tabbouleh and Dill Hummus.
I ate a creamy bowl of Dill Hummus at a traditional Moroccan riad, on food tours of Istanbul and Bodrum, accompanied by Egyptian tea on a Nile Cruise and in bustling market in Cairo, late night snack in Amman, al fresco market lunch in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and as a pita spread at a massive Middle Eastern barbecue in the middle of the Dubai desert while belly dancers twirled under the night sky.
Where To Eat Lemon Dill Hummus
If you live in a large city in Canada or America you’ll likely have access to a local Middle Eastern restaurant that serves creamy Dill Hummus.
Haven’t traveled to the Middle East before? It may be helpful to first sample Lemon Dill Hummus at a local restaurant to better understand how the dip is served. You’ll get an idea for the desired thickness of the dip, intensity of dill flavour and and perfect eye-popping garnishes. You’ll also find inspiration on what to pair with hummus such as such as falafel, kibbeh, shawarma and kebab.
In Toronto, popular Middle Eastern restaurants that may serve a Dill Hummus include Parallel, Byblos, Tabule, Fat Pasha, Maha’s, Masrawy Kitchen and Paramount Fine Foods.
My Family Loves Creamy Dill Hummus
When my family moved to Oakville the first restaurant we visited was a local Egyptian and Lebanese restaurant called Agabi. Ranked as one of the best restaurants in Oakville, Agabi became our family’s go-to Middle Eastern take out joint.
We’d always order a meze platter featuring labneh, hummus, stuffed grape leaves, falafel and mutabbal.
After falling in love with the cuisine of the Levant at our favourite local restaurant, we enjoyed vacations to the Middle East, feasting on endless bowls of dill hummus, and falafel stuffed pita.
I knew my parents would love this Lemon Dill Hummus recipe because they enjoy healthy dips, meze snack platters and dishes featuring fragrant dill.
I made this recipe at our cottage one summer afternoon as a snack to enjoy on the dock. My mother has a lush backyard herb garden and plucked fresh dill to flavour the hummus so the recipe is practically farm to fork!
If you’ve got company coming over and are looking for a healthy vegan or vegetarian dip this Lemon Dill Hummus recipe is always a crowd pleaser!
Health Benefits
Our homemade Lemon Dill Hummus recipe is packed full of healthy ingredients!
It is only recently that scientists have begun to identify the components responsible for garlic’s myriad health benefits. Rich in phytochemicals and potassium, garlic helps boost your immune system, fight cancer and protect your heart.
Chickpeas are rich in cancer-fighting vitamin C, energy-boosting B vitamins, and gut-healthy fibre.
Olive Oil is ranked as one of the healthiest fats and is a staple in the Mediterranean diet. It contains vitamins E and K and plenty of beneficial fatty acids and antioxidants.
It is only recently that scientists have begun to identify the components responsible for garlic’s myriad health benefits. Rich in phytochemicals and potassium, garlic helps boost your immune system, fight cancer and protect your heart.
A rich source of phytochemicals and vitamin C, lemons help boost your immune system and neutralize free radicals that cause disease and skin aging. Lemons also protect against heart disease and help improve blood flow to the brain.
A useful source of copper, calcium, manganese, and phosphorus, sesame seeds help support circulatory, digestive and skeletal health.
Dill is packed with micronutrients such as Vitamin A and C, responsible for healthy vision, skin and immune function.
Lemon Dill Hummus Recipe Cooking Tips
If it’s your first time making Lemon Dill Hummus at home be sure to review our detailed step-by-step recipe below. Here are some helpful tips and tricks to get you started:
- In our recipe we suggest using a heavy duty Vitamix style blender to ensure the dip is as creamy and smooth as possible.
- We’ve used canned chickpeas in this recipe to make the preparation quick and easy but if you’ve got time and want to save money feel free to soak dried chickpeas the day before and boil them until tender.
- We’ve used raw garlic in this recipe but you can substitute for roasted garlic if you prefer.
- We always suggest using fresh finely chopped dill in this recipe but if you want to use dried dill that is possible just reduce the amount to 2 tbsp.
- If you want to elevate the dish before serving, why not sprinkle the hummus with toasted pine nuts or roasted almonds?
- Add a drizzle of pomegranate molasses and sprinkle of pomegranate seeds to add additional sweetness and eye appeal.
What To Serve with Middle Eastern Dip
We love to make this healthy vegan Middle Eastern dip as a snack with carrots, celery, crackers and pita throughout the week. It also tastes great as a spread on fresh slices of sourdough bread.
Dill Hummus is also a popular sauce for grilled meat, seafood or roasted vegetable couscous.
If you’re hosting a large Middle Eastern-theme dinner party buffet you may want to add fresh salads, homemade soups and other healthy dips.
Other Middle Eastern Recipes You Might Enjoy…
- Balila Healthy Vegan Lebanese Chickpea Salad
- Grilled Joojeh Kabab Persian Saffron Chicken Kebab
- Riz a Djej Lebanese Rice with Chicken
- Lebanese Beef Hashweh Rice
- Mdardara Lebanese Caramelized Onion Lentil Rice
- Ejjeh Vegetarian Lebanese Herb Omelette
- Adas Polo Persian Lentil Rice
- Lebanese Spiced Minced Beef Stuffed Pita Arayes
- Lebanese Cabbage Malfouf Salad
- Kookoo Sabzi Vegetarian Persian Omelet
- Moghrabieh Lebanese Chickpea Chicken Couscous
- Palestinian Chicken Musakhan
- Lebanese Kibbeh Fried Beef Croquette
- Lebanese Eggplant Fatteh
- Lebanese Lentil Soup Adas Bil Hamod
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Storing Dip
If you have leftover Lemon Dill Hummus you can store it in the fridge in an airtight container for 4-5 days.
We do not suggest freezing hummus as it is not a cooked product and can spoil easily when thawed. It also has a tendency to separate after thawing from frozen reducing its creamy texture.
How To Make Creamy Lemon Dill Hummus
Lemon Dill Hummus
Equipment
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- French knife
- blender
Ingredients
- 19 oz Canned Chickpeas
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- 4 Garlic Cloves
- 1/4 cup Tahini
- 1/3 cup Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp Lemon Zest
- 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1/3 cup Fresh Dill finely chopped
Instructions
- Add all ingredients (except dill) to a blender or food processor and blitz until completely smooth.
- Add 2-3 tbsp of cold water to thin out the hummus to your desired consistency.
- Fold in chopped dill until combined.
- Serve with pita, bagel chips, nachos and sliced veggies.
Nutrition
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