When I make home-made hummus it comes out very dry.

I didn't use a food processor to mush it up, just a hand held blender, could
this be the reason. Or do I need to add water or something else.

I just used well cooked chick peas (1hr after soaking), oil, garlic, lemon
and tahhini.


Thanks

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:08:47 GMT, "Garland" > wrote:

>When I make home-made hummus it comes out very dry.
>
>I didn't use a food processor to mush it up, just a hand held blender, could
>this be the reason. Or do I need to add water or something else.
>
>I just used well cooked chick peas (1hr after soaking), oil, garlic, lemon
>and tahhini.

If my hummus is too dry, I add either the water from cooking the
chickpeas, a couple of jarred roasted red peppers (they're very
moisture-intensive), or more lemon juice. If you want, you could also
add olive oil, but I never do. Here's my hummus recipe:

Hummus

1 can garbanzo beans, drained, or 2 cups cooked beans (reserve some of
the water if you want)
the juice of one medium or two small lemons
1 clove garlic or some garlic powder, to taste (roasted garlic also
works great)
salt to taste, optional
2-3 pieces roasted red pepper, optional
1-4 tablespoons tahini

I blend it with an immersion blender (hand-held stick blender), but
I'm sure a food processor would be fine, too.

serene

I'll give it a try, home made hummus is a lot nicer than store-bought.

I thought maybe my hand blender wasn't doing the job, and was about to buy a
food processor, but I'll see how this goes.

What is the best way to cook beans so they don't give you gas?

Thanks

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:06:34 GMT, "Abby" > wrote:

>I'll give it a try, home made hummus is a lot nicer than store-bought.
>
>I thought maybe my hand blender wasn't doing the job, and was about to buy a
>food processor, but I'll see how this goes.

Yeah, I have no trouble with it myself. Just add more moisture if you
want. Of course, I hear that the best way to get a smoothe texture in
hummus is to skin the cooked garbanzos, but there's no way I'm going
there.

>
>What is the best way to cook beans so they don't give you gas?

They don't seem to give us gas, because we're accustomed to them. I
have seen recommendations of (a) throwing out the soaking water and
cooking the beans in fresh water, or (b) adding a hunk of epazote to
the cooking water.

serene

Yes, I've tried adding water, it helps, but is it better made in a food
processor, I'm just using a hand blender.

I've read if you eat beans, over time, you build up the ability to deal with
them, thus no gas.. here's hoping!


I threw in some fresh green pepper and shallots, green onions.. and chillies
sauce, came out quite nice..

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