Hummus Homemade

Hello, chefs! 😋

It's always been said that the most delicious food is the one that is fresh, with ingredients straight from the field or garden, like my previous recipe, but now I'm going to make an exception.

I didn't plant chickpeas this year (I certainly will next year), I don't know why, I think I forgot about it in the spring when I was planting the field, I only remembered it a couple of days ago when someone in the family wanted some spread. And since I occasionally make chickpea spread or hummus, I remembered that I had forgotten to plant it in the spring.

But don't panic, chickpeas, already cooked, are available in cans, very cheap, and can be found practically everywhere, in all shops.

So hummus, chickpea spread.
This is not a dish from our country, but it's one of the most common dishes and one of the most recognizable dishes from the Middle East. It's used as a stand-alone dish, as a spread, as a dip, or as an ingredient in other dishes. It has also been popular here in recent years, and I don't know anyone who hasn't heard of it.

Hummus is supposed to have been made more than 7 000 years ago, and the first recipe was written down in Cairo in the 13th century for the Sultan Saladin. And I'm making it from this recipe :)

What do you need to make homemade hummus?

cooked chickpeas, I have two tins of 150 grams each
tahini sesame paste, one tablespoon
a clove or two of garlic
a tablespoon or two of olive oil
juice of one lemon
salt and pepper
other spices if desired, I added white pepper and curry powder

Put the cooked chickpeas in a bowl. You can either drain it, then add a little more water or just shake all the liquid together in a bowl.

Add one tablespoon of tahini sesame paste.

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Roughly chop the garlic and add it to the bowl.

Squeeze in the juice of one lemon, a teaspoon each of salt and pepper, and any other spices you like.

I read somewhere, on a forum, that curry should not be added under any circumstances, but I did it because it neutralizes the strong taste of the chickpeas.

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And then blend everything with a blender. It should not be too runny but like a paste. If it's too dry, add a tablespoon of water or olive oil until you get the texture you like.

And that's it. A few minutes and we have hummus. Traditionalists will scream that we do everything by hand, without an electric mixer, but I won't listen to them :)