Sunshine Hummus | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 1 x 700 gram jar chickpeas (or 300g/1⅔ cups dried chickpeas, soaked, cooked and cooled) - see recipe intro, above
• 3 fat cloves garlic
• 1½ teaspoons Maldon sea salt flakes (or ¾ teaspoon fine sea salt, or to taste)
• 4 tablespoons tahini
• 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons ground turmeric
• 2 teaspoons smoked sweet paprika
• ½ teaspoon ready-ground white pepper
• 3 - 4 ice cubes
• 1 - 2 tablespoon olive oil or cold-pressed rapeseed oil (optional)
• 2 - 3 yellow peppers to serve (optional)