Hummus

[Fluffho]

anyone make their own hummus

i need a recipe for good sundried tomato and garlic hummus
or something along those lines!

i foudn some recipes, but they all call for tahini? where would i find tahini? it's sesame seed or something but i wish there was something else i could use!

[meliz]

Hey fluffhoo... Thanks to Deana's recipe I make hummus ALL THE TIME! I just add: a tin of chickpeas, 2 tbsps of tahini, garlic (I like lots), 2 tsp or so lemon juice and salt and pepper to the ole blender and whir it all up. I've also added other herbs now and then just for some variety...

Personally, I think you really do need tahini (which is sesame seed paste)... but it's pretty easy to get in a regular grocery store (I live in a small town and can get it no problem)... check with the peanut butter section (some people use it as a subsistute for that) or with the import/ethnic food section. Here it's like 5-6 bucks a jar, and it's one of those staples that will do you (and can be stored for) a long time in the fridge. I make a batch just about every week... it makes a great thing to take for lunches either for dipping veggies or as a spread on sandwiches.

[jana]

I've never made my own hummus, although I think about it every time I buy some. I know it's insanely easy. In any case, I have cooked with tahini. It's a paste kind of like peanut butter that's made from sesame seeds. You can probably find it in any health or whole foods store, as well as Middle Eastern markets; at my grocery store it's with the peanut/soy/almond/etc. butters.

If you're in a bind, you could make your own tahini or even leave it out, I guess. I just found a recipe for tahini online:

"It is very easy to make tahini at home. All you will need are some sesame seeds and olive oil. Coat a flat baking tray with olive oil and sprinkle the seeds. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes. Sesame seeds burn quickly so keep an eye on them and flip them often during the 10 minutes.
Once lightly browned, remove from oven and place them in a blender to create your tahini paste." (from http://vegweb.com/articles/anai-1059139077.shtml)

[Sydneyp]

I make hummus all the time from chana dal (a smaller kind of garbanzo bean that's better for my blood sugar) without tahini.

It changes the texture slightly, but I don't miss it a bit. I love hummus. Mine has ground chana dal, garlic, lemon juice, and salt. I don't even put in the olive oil, and I love it.

[Fluffho]

thanks everyone!!

pretty much every hummus recipe i've read has called for tahini. i never noticed it in my grocery store so i was wondering what cuisine it was. sounded indian and we do have some indian stores here

thanks a lot too for the tahini recipe! i make sushi sometimes and use sesame seeds so i'll hafto try that!

horror story: i'm not really one to pay attention to detail. i've been cooking ever since i was little, next to my mom, who never used recipes. LOl im so bad when it comes to reading recipes. with baking i will, but in cooking i never read. so i put ALL of the ingredients in the processor, tasted it BLAH. it was because the onions in the recipe were for dipping, and not for chopping. and it was like 1 can of chickpeas and 1 whole onion LOL. it was bad!

ill be sure to do it right this time!

[heather6773]

I found a restaraunt that serves Middle Eastern food and they have the best hummus. Its so good. I have bought it in the store and its ok in a pinch but the homemade stuff is so much better. I will have to give this recipe a try.

[Csara]

For sure homemade is so much better. We have a Greek restaurant across the street that makes the most garlicky, delicious hummus ever.