Sunday, May 22, 2011

Low Fat Homemade Hummus

I've screwed around with my hummus recipe for a couple of years and finally decided to post it.

I recently modified the recipe to make it low fat; although the olive oil and sesame oil is a good fat, I feel the quantity in most recipes is a bit excessive and not needed to make a great hummus.

The key to smooth hummus - heat your chickpeas and blend in food processor while still warm.

3 cloves garlic
3 cups of cooked Chickpeas, or 2 cans - rinsed, drained and heated
1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
2 T Tahini
1 T Olive Oil
1/4 cup cooking liquid
1/4 warm water - give or take, add slowly
1 T Cumin - I like cumin, add slowly and taste if you're not sure
1 tsp Sea Salt - add more little by little if needed

Heat chickpeas in liquid, peel garlic and whiz in food processor until minced. Drain chickpeas and save liquid. Add chickpeas to processor and blend, add all ingredients and blend until smooth. Add warm water little by little to thin out hummus - Enjoy.

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