Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Hummus (Humus) - Probably the best recipe you can find

250 g  (9 oz) chickpeas, boiled until soft (or use canned) and peeled
4 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste)
1 lemon's juice (or 4-5 tablespoons sour pomegranate syrup)
6 tablespoons olive oil
300 ml water (if possible, use chickpeas' boiled water)
1/2 teespoon salt
1/2 teespoon sugar

Garnish:
Olive oil
cayenne pepper or paprika 
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1 small pomegranate, peeled and weeded out

Put chickpeas in a food processor; mill until it is smooth and flour-like. Add tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, sugar and salt and mix them. 
Add water and continue mixing untill it gets a runny consistency (nearly same as tahini).

Pour this mixture on to a flat serving dish, and sprinkle the oil smoothly and the cayenne pepper or paprika, pomegranate grains and parsley decoratively on the top before serving.

Note: If your food processor has not enough capacity, divide all the ingredients in two parts, then follow same steps for each part. Also if you desire a sourish hummus just add more lemon juice.

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