Recipe: Appetizing Hummus (Chickpeas)

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Hummus (Chickpeas). Just so we are all on the same page, let's talk about what hummus is. If you aren't familiar, hummus is a delicious spread or dip made from chickpeas, tahini, lemon, and spices. It's commonly eaten in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.

Garbanzo beans, garlic, cumin, salt, olive oil, and lemon juice are all standards in hummus making. Try a few drops sesame oil for something new. Combine beans, tahini, oil, pepper flakes, cumin, coriander, garlic, salt, and lemon juice in food processor bowl and grind into a smooth paste. You can have Hummus (Chickpeas) using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Hummus (Chickpeas)

  1. Prepare 1/2 kg of Dried Chickpeas.
  2. Prepare 1 tsp of Baking soda.
  3. Prepare 4 clove of Garlic.
  4. Prepare of Spices.
  5. You need 8 tbsp of Raw Tahini.
  6. Prepare 3 tsp of salt.
  7. Prepare 1 of lemon's juice.
  8. Prepare 1 tbsp of Cumin.
  9. It's of Serving.
  10. You need 6 of Boiled eggs.
  11. It's 3 tbsp of persley.
  12. You need 1 tsp of Cumin or sweet paprika.
  13. You need 6 tbsp of Olive oil.
  14. Prepare 12 of pitta bread.

Transfer to a small dip dish and surround spread. Reserve a few whole chick peas for serving. The chickpea based dip can be found in most conventional grocery stores in north America and on many non Middle Eastern restaurant menus. The word hummus comes from the Egyptian word for chickpeas, the typical primary ingredient, although lots of other beans can be used instead.

Hummus (Chickpeas) instructions

  1. Wash the chickpeas from dust or sand. Try to remove as many damaged peas as possible..
  2. Place the washed peas in a vessel and cover with water ,high above the top peas..
  3. Add baking soda..
  4. Soak for 24-48 hours. The longer the soaking- the smoothier the texture will be. For a first try, 24 hours will do fine..
  5. Remove the water and place the peas in a big pot..
  6. Add the garlic (whole peeled cloves)..
  7. Cover with a lot of water, about twice the height of the chickpeas..
  8. Boil for at least 90 minutes..
  9. Stir once in while..
  10. When the peas are extremly soft- enough to be very easily crashed between two fingers, turn off the heat..
  11. Run the peas through the food processor until most had been crushed..
  12. Add about half a cup of the boiling's water. Keep the food processor on for few more minutes..
  13. Add the Tahini and the lemon juice. Keep the food processor on..
  14. Add a the salt, the cumin, and some more of the boiling's water, lemon juice and/or Tahini if you'd like, little bit at a time, while the food processor is still on. make sure you're not going too salty or too thin..
  15. The final texture should be very easy to spread, but not too thin..
  16. Serve as fresh as possible in deep plates..
  17. Pour the olive oil on top. Add the Persley and little Cumin or sweet paprika for decorating. Slice the eggs and place inside the plates..

The best hummus is lusciously creamy, yet somehow light and fluffy. It's beautifully smooth and swirled, and begging to be scooped up onto a wedge of pita bread. It's nutty and tangy, thanks to the tahini, with notes of bright, fresh lemon and mellow garlic. Making hummus can be as simple as throwing the ingredients into your food processor and turning it on. But if you want to make THE BEST HUMMUS, then you need to do one more step.