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Hummus with pita
Also known as حمص · houmous · hommus · chickpea dip with pita
Chickpeas blended with tahini and lemon to a soft paste — nutty, sour, with olive oil pooled on top and warm bread to move it.
Typical serving
380 kcal
usually 290–480 kcal
 Protein | 13 g |
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 Carbs | 48 g |
 Fat | 15 g |
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Before you start
- a blender or food processor
- soak the chickpeas 8 hours ahead
Ingredients
Serves 2 · dimmer marks are storecupboard
- 80gdried chickpeas — or a drained tin, and skip the soak and boil
- 30gtahini
- 1lemon
- 1garlic clove
- 2 tbspolive oil
- ½ tspcumin
- 2pita breads
- to tastesalt
Method
6 steps
soak · 8 hours walk awayCover the chickpeas with plenty of cold water and leave them overnight.
boil · 50m walk awayDrain, cover with fresh water and cook until they are falling apart — well past tender. This is the whole secret of smooth hummus.
blend · 4mBlitz the hot chickpeas with tahini, lemon, garlic and cumin, adding their cooking water a spoon at a time until it turns pale and loose.
rest · 20m walk awayLeave it twenty minutes. It thickens as it cools and the garlic settles down.
grill · 3mWarm the pita on a dry pan until it puffs.
finish · 2mSpread, make a well with the back of a spoon, pool olive oil in it, salt.
Worth knowing
The smoothest hummus comes from over-cooking the chickpeas until they fall apart and peeling them one by one. It is a matter of patience, not technique.
The sesame in tahini brings a substantial amount of calcium with it.
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