Spiced Roasted Carrot Dip (Easy and Vegan)
This super smooth and luscious spiced carrot dip is sweet and smoky in one delicious mouthful. Roasting the carrots brings out their natural sweetness which pairs perfectly with Middle Eastern spices. Enjoy with your favourite cracker for the best snack! It's also vegan, gluten free, nut free and great for preparing in advance. Remember, if you're looking for US measurements, use the 'Units' section below and click on 'US'.
Ingredients
- 500 gcarrots
- 1 tablespoonpomegranate molasses
- 2 teaspoonssalt
- ½ teaspoonground cumin
- ½ teaspoonsmoked paprika
- 5 tablespoonolive oil
- 1 cupdrained butter beans (from a tin or jar)
- ¼ cuplemon juice
- 3garlic cloves
- ¾ cupaquafaba (the liquid you drained from your butter beans)
- 3ice cubes or 3 tablespoons of ice water
- 1 tablespoonolive oil
- 1 tablespoonpomegranate molasses
- 1 tablespoondukkah
- 1spring onion, chopped into thin strips lengthways and popped in a glass of water (this will make the strips curl up)
Directions
- 1
Heat your oven to 200C fan. Peel and chop your carrots into roughly even chunks. Get them into a large mixing bowl with 1 tablespoon of pomegranate molasses, 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon cumin, ½ teaspoon paprika and 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Give everything a really good mix to coat the carrots. Lay out on a lined oven tray, on one layer. Roast for 40 minutes, stirring halfway through, until easily pierced with a fork and tender.
- 2
Add the ¾ cup of aquafaba, 4 tablespoons of olive oil, ¼ cup lemon juice, 3 garlic cloves, the roasted carrots, 1 cup of butter beans, 1 teaspoon of salt and the 3 ice cubes into the bowl of your blender food processor. PRO TIP: Add the liquid ingredients into your blender first – this will help it blend more easily. Blitz on high until super smooth and creamy. If you’re not using ice cubes, drizzle in the ice water while the motor is running. If you want a super smooth result, the blitzing is going to take a while – give it 5 minutes. Stop to scrape down the sides when needed to make sure it’s all blending evenly. If you find it’s getting stuck (this can happen depending on the power of your blender/food processor) add in a little more olive oil and aquafaba if you have some left (1 tablespoon at a time).
- 3
Once the dip is looking super smooth and creamy, it’s ready to serve. Transfer to a plate with a lip, or a bowl, and smooth out the top. Drizzle over the remaining olive oil and pomegranate molasses, then scatter over the dukkah and curly spring onions. Enjoy with your favourite crackers, crudités or fresh bread.