Hummus

[EJFan]

Hey EJ,
Going on your past experience, wouldn`t this thread have done a lot better if you had called it "Getting Hummers" and then blamed it on a typo.
Of course there is always the possibility that you would be inundated with offers to buy used cars.

LMAO!!!! and trying not to wake the neighborhood doing it.

 

[EJFan]

I registerd just to reply to this thread hope I don't make an ass of my self.

On the food network sight do a serch for Alton Brown he has a great recipe that uses peanut butter (I hound it much better than tahini).

good luck
sorry about the spelling

thank you sapos... i'm glad you signed up and hope you stick around.

i like alton brown and the idea of using natural peanut butter is very interesting to me... i eat jars of that shit when i'm bulking and i want the hummus for my next bulk cycle. it'll all work out wonderfully.

arachnofreak and cheftell... thank you both for the recipes. i may have to just try them all and see which i enjoy myself.

 

[Ezzy]

If you have any doubts about being able to find any of the ingredients, look in your local Yellow pages for a Greek / Turkish or North Afrikan Deli, no matter mhere you are in the country you should have one somewhere within a 3 day drive of you (jk).

Jars and cans of tahini are found in Middle Eastern markets and well-stocked food stores. Fred Myers carrys it here is a link to NexTag (nextday) online purchasing.

Link.

This is a twist recipe that I found and have used 4 or 5 times, the kids like this one if you make twice the chickpeas to chilies.

Green Chili Hummus Dip #94308

A little twist on the hummus recipe. The green chilies gives this dip a nice slight kick. This also makes a great sandwich spread.

1 (16 ounce) can chickpeas, washed and drained
1 (4 1/2 ounce) can of chopped green chilies
1/4 cup olive oil
1 lime, juice of
2 cloves garlic
salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper to taste.

Put all the ingredients in a food processor blend till a smooth paste.

So that is the "adult" recipe, here is the way I do it for our kids.

2 (16 ounce) can chickpeas, washed and drained
1 (4 1/2 ounce) can of chopped green chilies
1/3 cup olive oil
1 lime, juice of
2 cloves garlic
salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper to taste.

Put all the ingredients in a food processor blend till a smooth paste.

You can also make this with other beans, basically whatever "cooked beans" are cheapest in your local market (making it with Butter beans makes it even smoother and creamier). If you dan't mind a little extra time and effort, you can start with any type of dried beans and soak them for 24 hours, changing the water every 4 - 6 hours. Once soaked put them in a pan of water and bring to the boil, simmer for 15 - 20 minutes, then start from there.

I used to be able to get "Papas pittas" but haven't seen them in a couple of years, when you toasted these pitta breads they would puff up and you could open the insides easily, to make what we called a pitta pocket or a pitta pouch, if you can find pittas to do this you can then spread the Hummus on the inside and it is a lot less messy when serving the kids.

 

[EJFan]

thanks ezzy.

do you think i could use jalapenos instead of green chilies? maybe just cut the quantity a smidge?

 

[Ezzy]

thanks ezzy.

do you think i could use jalapenos instead of green chilies? maybe just cut the quantity a smidge?

Of course you could. Them's your taste buds, and ifn they like Jalapenos more than green chilies, bring um on!

When I lived in the UK I would make Hummus with baked beans, as they sell them there without all the extras (bacon, onions etc) just Great Northern (Hariccot) beans in a thin tomato sauce. A 15 oz tin of beans was 25¢, a bulb of garlic 30¢, and a package of Pitta $1.25 with a little salt and pepper thrown in I could feed 4 of us for under $2.00.

A good cheap meal, quick to make and always something left over, even if it was only half a pitta.

 

[Munachi]

Huge plate for 3 € ?!?
When was that?
Can you give me the address please?

Berlin, Kreuzberg, near Goerlitzer Bahnhof U-bahn station... That is the joy of living in a place like Berlin... Though the disadvantage is that most of the rest of Western Europe or also Germany ends up looking quite expensive...