Hummos Recipe

Posted by crj (884 days ago)

Play with the recipe until you get the consistency and flavour you like... you can also used canned chickpeas for easier & faster recipe (just rinse them well).

Hummos Recipe

100g dried chick-peas
6 large garlic cloves, peeled
5 or 6 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil (a good one!)
3 Tbsp tahini
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp black pepper
2 Tbsp paprika

1. Place the chick-peas in a large bowl. Cover with water and leave to stand for at least 12 hours until they double in size. Change the water as needed.

2. Put the drained chick-peas in a saucepan and add twice the volume of water. Bring to the boil for 10 minutes.

3. Lower the heat and simmer for at least 1 hour, until the chick-peas are very tender. During this time, change the water at least once.

4. Drain and wash the chick-peas.

5. Put the olive oil, garlic, tahini and lemon juice and black pepper and paprika in a blender and blend until smooth.
Add the chick-peas and blend until they are finely ground.
If the mixture is too thick, add a little more olive oil.

6. Transfer to a bowl, cover, chill until ready to serve.

7. To serve, drizzle with some olive oil, sprinkle a little paprika over the top.

(I am based in Beijing)

Posted by Ruth at Clifford (878 days ago)

You can add more lemon juice too. My family like hummous more tangy. Also, they prefer it chunkier so I tend to use a potato masher to make it.

I also add some ground cumin and salt.

I've never tried the paprika, but that sounds good. Spanish or Hungarian paprika?

Sometimes I use parsley, or cilantro or green onions all minced up.

cheers from Ruth

(I am based in Guangzhou)