Because it uses raw, sprouted chickpeas as a base, this fluffy, creamy Raw Sprouted Chickpea Hummus is extremely nutritious – a veritable nutrition powerhouse – packed with all kinds of energy and healthful nutrients. Oh, and did I mention it’s insanely tasty, too? Yeah, oh yeah…
Using raw sprouted chickpeas to make hummus has many, many benefits. Not cooking the chickpeas after they have sprouted not only preserves all their nutritional value, but sprouting them actually magnifies their vitamin and mineral content, improves the quality of the carbs and protein they contain and neutralizes their anti-nutrients and enzyme inhibitors. This renders sprouted chickpeas very easy to digest with highly absorbable nutrients. Sprouts are also fairly low in calories, yet very filling because of their high fiber and water content.
Another undeniable advantage is that not having to cook the chickpeas before to use them makes the process of making hummus from scratch a total breeze! From start to finish, you’ll have delicious hummus on the table in well under 10 minutes. Well, that’s AFTER the peas have sprouted, that is… That sprouting process will take about 3 to 5 days, so it’s not a recipe you can decide to whip up a the last minute…
If you have never made your own sprouts, I strongly suggest that you start! Sprouting, like many other things in life, seems pretty intimidating until you actually try it.
