HUMMUS
FROM SCRATCH RECIPE
FROM SCRATCH RECIPE
Hummus is a middle eastern dip or spread made from cooked and mashed chickpeas mixed with salt, lemon juice and tahini which is made of seasme. Tahini is not available everywhere so I have replaced it with home-made sesame paste.
Traditionally hummus is eaten with pita bread or as an accompaniment to Falafal , grilled chicken, fish or eggplant. But now a days, all over the world it is enjoyed with tortilla chips or crackers.
Ingredients:-
Seasme seeds - 1/4 cup
Olive oil. - 3 tbsp
Soaked and boiled chickpeas- 2 cups
Garlic. - 4to5 cloves
Salt - 1 tsp
Lemon - 1 1/2
Olive oil. - 3 tbsp
Soaked and boiled chickpeas- 2 cups
Garlic. - 4to5 cloves
Salt - 1 tsp
Lemon - 1 1/2
Roasted cumin powder and little paprika to garnish
Method:
Roast Seasme seeds in a heavy bottom pan until light golden in colour. Let it cool.
Grind roasted seeds in a grinder for few seconds... scrape from sides...repeat two three times then add 1/2 tbsp of oil.
Run grinder at full speed for 30 seconds. Paste should become of running consistency.
This is our substitute of Tahini.
Run grinder at full speed for 30 seconds. Paste should become of running consistency.
This is our substitute of Tahini.
Now, in a big jar, add boiled chickpeas, garlic cloves, salt and Seasme paste. Run the mixer at medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes to get creamy consistency.
Add 1 1/2 tbsp of olive oil and squeeze lemon juice to this.
Run mixer to mix everything equally.
Run mixer to mix everything equally.
Take out in a deep bowl and sprinkle roasted cumin powder, paprika and pour rest of olive oil over it.