On 9/3/2011 3:53 PM, Hackmatack wrote:
> Dave > wrote:
>> I finally got around to making some the other day. After having hummus a
>> few times at a local middle eastern restaurant I realized that it doesn't
>> always taste like crap and can actually be really good. It is also good,
>> healthy food and cardiac diet approved.
>>
>> Drain a can of chickpeas and whizz them up in the food processor. Add
>> some of the reserved liquid, a couple cloves of crushed garlic, lemon
>> juice and some tahini. Whizz it up some more and serve with pita
>> triangles. Cheap, easy and delicious.
>
> Double the garlic and lemon juice! Maybe a smidgen of cumin.
>
> Once, out of tahini, I used a little toasted Asian sesame oil. That was
> surprisingly good, although it no doubt brought down the wrath of the
> hummus gods.

I eat a diet very restricted in grease so tahini is out for me but I
agree, 2 or 3 drops of toasted sesame oil vastly improve the flavor of
hummus and, as has been suggested, freshly roasted and ground cumin
helps too. I've mentioned this before but lime juice is good instead of
lemon.

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James Silverton, Potomac

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