Recipes/Hummus

The best Hummus you'll ever have:

Ingredients:

• 1C Hummus חומוס (dry chickpeas)
• 1C TeHina טחינה ("tahini" -- sesame paste. Get the good stuff, don't be cheap);
• 2 cloves garlic (or more or less, depending on taste)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 or more tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp baking soda
• juice of 1/2 lemon

How:

1. soak the Hummus in ample (like 4x as much) water, overnight
2. after soaking, drain and rinse the Hummus
3. add baking soda, 2x as much water as Hummus, boil for 1.5 hours (if water evaporates while boiling, add enough to make up for the loss)
4. after boiling, drain and rinse thoroughly
5. let cool to room temperature
6. grind in processor with garlic and salt until somewhat smooth
7. add TeHina, lemon, cumin
8. grind until smooth, adding water if needed to get the consistency you want

Why:

• it tastes far better than the crap you get in the store
• you know exactly what's in it
• despite the exorbitant use of TeHina, it's cheaper than store-bought

After:

1. get or make good fresh pita
2. put the Hummus on a plate with olive-oil and whatever else you want
3. dig in!