Hummus recipe

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pt, in the appetizers department, don't forget hummus and baba

ghanouj. if you don't have pita bread handy for toasted wedges, you

can use fritos :-D i also prefer metric measurements, they're easier

to work with and locate on the other side on most measuring cups or in

fine print on spoons, but a tbsp is about 15 ml and a tsp maybe 5ish.

 

 

HUMMUS (delicious Middle Eastern dip)

my proportions, feel free to experiment.

 

125 ml lemon juice (I like it a little tart)

75 ml water (can use liquid from chickpea cans)

125 ml tahini (sesame puree, health food store)

4 cloves garlic (5 ml powder)

 

2 cans cooked chickpeas (garbanzos, maybe 800 ml each?)

2 ml ground coriander (a.k.a. cilantro; optional but good)

1.5 ml cumin (ditto)

20 ml olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste, maybe 12 and 1 ml or so, I forget)

 

Puree first 4 ingredients in a blender till smooth. Add remaining

ingredients and puree till smooth. Like many things, tastes better

after it's had a few hours to sit and blend in a fridge. In the

middle east it's often served with a splash of olive oil on top and

maybe an olive and parsley for garnish.

 

 

baba ghanouj is even better and similar, kind of substitutes baked

eggplant for the chickpeas. i have a couple of recipes that pretty

well approximate but still don't perfectly duplicate the real thing,

which can be pretty difficult to stop nibbling at.

 

 

 

 

 

, " ~ PT ~ "

<patchouli_troll> wrote:

> Yes, i would love it if you could share that recipe, Virgil.

> They sound delicious. i am always on the lookout for

> new veggie finger food ideas to take to gatherings;

> especially those that can please omnivores and

> vegetarians alike. TIA.

>

> ~ pt ~

>

> I sometimes think that now, in our day, the Grail Quest

> has been reinaugurated ... This time the difference is,

> it isn't only men who will ride out.

> ~ John Moriarty, 'The Turtle Was Gone a Long Time'

> ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~>

> , " Virgil "

> <cybergypsy1964>

> wrote:

> And one of the most popular things we

> > had as party food at Christmas (with veggies and meat-eaters alike)

> > were these little " meat " pies made by putting the " meat mixture "

> into

> > biscuits and folding them over it before baking. I can get the

> > recipe from my mother-in-law if this sounds like something you want

> > to make.