Hummus

You have no idea how many recipes I tried and changes I made to the hummus recipes I had before finally finding the combination that is the closest to the hummus I had in a Greek restaurant many years ago.

The hummus I ate there was so good that I still remember its taste. You can't imagine how disappointed I was after tasting all my experiments. :( It seemed like every time an ingredient was missing! >_< But now, I think I finally found the right ingredients and amount! Yuppi!!!

Some people add garlic, too, but I think garlic is too strong for this recipe and I prefer to leave it out.

INGREDIENTS:

215 g / 7.5 oz chickpeas (in the can or freshly cooked by you)

100 ml water

2 Tbsp Tahini (paste made from ground sesame seeds)

1 Tbsp olive oil

Juice of ½ lemon

1 teaspoon ground cumin

salt (if you use chickpeas in the can which contain salt, don't add any salt)

fresh parsley

DIRECTIONS:

If you use chickpeas in the can, remove the water inside the can, rinse them off, and then put them in a food processor or a blender. Add the rest of the ingredients omitting the salt if you already used some salt while cooking the chickpeas, or the chickpeas in the can contain salt.

Blend on high speed ˗ stopping occasionally to scratch the sides ˗ until smooth.

Adjust in salt (if necessary).

Spoon it in a little bowl, pour some olive oil on top, and add fresh parsley.

You can use hummus as a dip sauce and serve it with fresh vegetables and warm slices of pita bread.

Pita bread and hummus rolls are also very good and easy to make; take some warm pita bread, spread some hummus on it, add some lettuce leaves, some tomato slices, some carrot slices, some pieces of cucumber, roll it up and enjoy. Obviously, you can add other fresh vegetables and create your own pita roll.

Hope you'll enjoy my recipe.

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