With their bright color, earthy-sweet taste and creamy texture when blended, sweet potatoes are a natural fit for vegan hummus recipes. Here, a homemade sweet potato purée is doctored up with traditional hummus seasonings—tahini, lemon juice, garlic, and cumin—for a light twist on the chickpea classic. Feel free to play around with other seasonings as well to come up with your own ‘gourmet’ versions. Canned and frozen sweet potato purée can also be used in the recipe in place of fresh; just be sure to check the label to make sure the brand hasn’t been sweetened or seasoned.

By Del Sroufe,

Ingredients

  • 2 large sweet potatoes
  • ¼ cup tahini
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1½ teaspoons sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Scrub 2 large sweet potatoes; pat them dry. Prick the potatoes with a fork. Bake for 1 hour or until very tender; cool. Halve the potatoes and scoop the pulp into a food processor. Cover and process until smooth and creamy.
  • Add the tahini, lemon juice, garlic, salt, cumin, and cayenne pepper (if using) to the pureed sweet potato in the food processor. Cover and process until smooth and creamy. Store in the refrigerator up to a week.
Nutritional Information:

Per serving (½ cup): 123 calories, 15 g carbohydrates, 3.2 g protein, 6.5 g total fat, 0.9 g saturated fat, 0 g cholesterol, 248 mg sodium, 2.3 g fiber, 2.4 g sugar

Note: Nutritional information is provided as an estimate only.

Comments (8)

(5 from 6 votes)

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Mary

Please give me a measure of how much sweet potato you need ( one cup, one and one half cups or two cups for example-)

Kimberly

This is delicious! I put in a tortilla with black beans and throw in the air fryer 5 minutes!

Sandra

So tasty! Even my husband, who wouldn't eat a sweet potato if you paid him, loved it.

Shacone

This is absolutely delish, I used a buttercup squash in place of the sweet potato and I love it even better…soooo good. Thank you

Cynthia King

Thanks for sharing!

Ryan Paddle

Can’t stop saying “mmm that is good”. Instead of cayenne pepper I used maybe half a teaspoon (just a sprinkle) of “Chipotle” from a Canadian company called Epicure. Absolutely delicious!

Kelly H

I've made this recipe several times now and love it. I go heavy on the cayenne to make it a nice sweet heat. My last version I used purple sweet potatoes and it was beautiful! Surprised to see a hummus recipe without chick peas, but this one works great.

Beth

I love this hummus!

About the Author

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Del Sroufe

Chef Del Sroufe currently works as Culinary Specialist at the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies (CNS) and host of CNS Kitchen, a free CNS community that offers members all the tools they need to live a successful whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle. Sroufe has been cooking in vegetarian, vegan, and WFPB kitchens for 34 years. He has operated his own vegan bakery and a vegan meal-delivery service. He was the executive chef at Wellness Forum Foods, where he ran a successful catering service. He developed a line of in-the-bag mixes that could be shipped all over the country and taught cooking classes to the public and health care professionals looking to offer culinary education to their clients. Del is a public speaker and cookbook author. His first cookbook, Forks Over Knives: The Cookbook, was on the New York Times Bestseller list for more than 37 weeks. He also authored Better Than Vegan, which tells the story of his struggle with weight management and how he lost more than 200 pounds on a low-fat, plant-based diet. Sroufe’s other cookbooks include The China Study Quick and Easy Cookbook and The China Study Family Cookbook.
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