Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Hummus And Tahini

Hummus is a great dip or spread made from chickpea flour blended with tahini paste, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and garlic cloves. Tahini is nothing but sesame seeds Roasted and grounded with olive oil.

Tahini Ingredients:

Sesame
Olive oil

Method:

1. Stir fry sesame till golden brown. Be careful not to burn, as sesame gets burned easily, and tastes awful.
2. Grind the toasted sesame in  food processor with olive oil. Keep adding olive oil until you get a thick pour-able consistency.

Hummus requires only 1/4 cup tahini, So store the tahini paste in refrigerator in an air tight jar. This can be stored for several months. Tahini can also be used as dip for meat kebabs, can be added to noodle recipes, can be used as sauce for vegetable salad. Hummus is great with kebabs, breads burgers etc. Its an alternative for mayonnise. Hummus with little lemon juice and water makes a good salad dressing.

Hummus Ingredients:

1/2 cup water
2-3 garlic cloves
1/4 tsp cumin seeds grounded(optional)
1/2 tsp salt
2-3 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cup tahini
2 tsp olive oil
3/4 cup chickpea flour

Method:

1. Add and grind all the ingredients one by one in a food processor to make paste.
2. Add water as required until you get the desired consistency. Add more salt to taste.
3. Transfer to a serving bowl and sprinkle some papirika or corriander or mint leaves over it.




Store home made hummus in refrigerator in an air tight container and can be stored up to one week.

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