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Let's make butter bean hummus on crackers

Lesson details

Learning outcome

I can make butter bean hummus.

Key learning points

  1. Different pieces of equipment have specific jobs.
  2. The food skills used to make butter bean hummus are mashing, mixing and spreading.
  3. Hummus is a dip traditionally made from chickpeas, originating from the Middle East.

Keywords

  • Hummus - a dip usually made with chickpeas

  • Mashing - to crush food to make smooth

  • Spreading - to cover food with another ingredient

Common misconception

Hummus can only be made with chickpeas.

Hummus can be made with a variety of beans and legumes.

Teacher tip

Pre-prepare some ingredients in advance, such as draining the canned butter beans - this saves time and less to do in a busy class. Create a central ingredient station - this allow pupils, in pairs or small groups, to collect the ingredients they need to make their hummus.

Equipment

For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.

Content guidance

Risk assessment required - may contain allergens

Risk assessment required - equipment

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2026), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0
except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions
(Collection 2).

Lesson video

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

4 Questions

Q1.
What are these?

An image in a quiz
forks
Correct answer: spoons
knives

Q2.
What would I use to spread butter on bread?

A spoon
A fork
Correct answer: A table knife

Q3.
Match the following:

Correct Answer:knife,to cut food

to cut food

Correct Answer:spoon,to mix food

to mix food

Correct Answer:bowl,to hold food

to hold food

Q4.
True or false? Knives are sharp.

Correct answer: True
False

5 Questions

Q1.
True or false? Hummus can only be made with chickpeas.

True
Correct answer: False

Q2.
Where in the world did hummus originally come from?

Correct answer: Turkey
Iceland
Correct answer: Egypt
England

Q3.
To make butter bean hummus, we used a fork to the beans.

Correct Answer: mash

Q4.
We used a to spread the hummus.

Correct Answer: table knife, knife

Q5.
Put the recipe into the correct order.

An image in a quiz
1 - Mash the butter beans.
2 - Add the yogurt and lemon juice.
3 - Mix everything together..
4 - Spread over the crackers.

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