Foodie Wednesdays - Hummus!

In my search for healthy recipes, I stumbled on Home Cyn Home's this homemade from scratch hummus recipe.

Hummus is a Mediterranean dip made from chickpeas (garbanzo beans/kabuli chana). It's  healthy unlike other spreads/dips made from cheese and mayonnaise.

I followed the above linked recipe with just few minor tweaks.

Homemade Hummus!

Ingredients:

Chickpeas - 1 cup

Dry red chillies - 2

Garlic - 3 or 4 cloves

Sesame seeds - 4 tbsp

Oil - for tahini

Olive oil - for drizzling on top

Salt to taste
Water as required 

Steps:

1. Soak chickpeas overnight and boil in pressure cooker (4-5 whistles). Check if its soft and cooked. If not, then cook for few whistles more. 

2. Grind sesame seeds with little oil (2-3 tbsp) to make tahini. Now, tahini is suppose to look like a runny peanut butter. But as I was making it only for this batch, I didn't bother to add more oil to get the 'runny' consistency and grinded it till it was a fine paste. 

3. Now to the sesame paste, add boiled beans, salt, chillies, and garlic and grind till it is a smooth paste. Add water if required. 

4. Put it in a bowl and drizzle olive oil generously. Serve with pita bread, vegetables sticks, and/or focaccia bread. 

I was happily surprised that it tasted exactly like fancy restaurant style hummus. 

Try it. Enjoy!