A vegan chickpea fatteh with plant-based yogurt and tahini sauce, layered with bread, chickpeas and toasted nuts. Same recipe, simply arranged more clearly so you can follow it step by step.
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chickpeas
- 3 cups ready-made plant-based yogurt, or one of our vegan labneh recipes thinned with water
- 2 tbsp tahini
- 2 garlic cloves, finely crushed
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- A pinch of black pepper
- A pinch of cumin
- Salt to taste
- A handful of pine nuts or cashews toasted in 5 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp chickpeas for garnish
- 2 medium flatbreads, fried or toasted in the oven
Method
- Put 1 kg of plant-based yogurt in a bowl, or use 6 tablespoons of vegan labneh.
- Mix well with 2 cups of water until smooth.
- Mix the lemon juice and tahini in a separate bowl, then add the yogurt and crushed garlic and combine well.
- Add the salt, cumin, black pepper and 1 tablespoon of oil, then mix.
- Cut the bread and either fry it or toast it in the oven.
- Spread 4 tablespoons of the yogurt sauce across the serving dish.
- Add a thin layer of fried or toasted bread.
- Add the 2 cups of chickpeas, lightly mashing some of them.
- Pour all the remaining yogurt sauce over the chickpeas to cover them.
- Add the hot toasted pine nuts or cashews together with their oil.
- Garnish with the reserved chickpeas and fried bread.
Serve with vegetables, olives and pickles. Enjoy 🙂
Vegan hummus fatteh: the full package
The chickpeas here are not just a “protein source.” They bring plant protein together with fiber, folate, iron and magnesium, while tahini and nuts add unsaturated fats and minerals in the same dish.
The evidence for pulses is strong and direct: a recent meta-analysis of 38 randomized trials found that whole pulses reduced LDL and non-HDL cholesterol. Source.
For sesame, which is what tahini is made from, a meta-analysis of randomized trials found improvements in several cardiometabolic markers, although the studies were relatively small and varied. Tahini is a nutrient-rich food in the meal, not a treatment for arthritis or a blood-pressure drug. Source.
And the best part is that Levantine fatteh does not need dairy yogurt to stay rich and satisfying. Chickpeas + tahini + plant-based yogurt + nuts give us the whole dish without cow’s milk and without unsupported cancer claims.
Try our hummus with tahini, and use the cooking liquid for our aquafaba mayonnaise.
