Hummus is a kind of pate prepared on the basis of chick peas. Thanks to the addition of other ingredients, the dish is filled with a special taste and acquires a piquant note, which makes it unique and attractive.
This dish is especially appropriate in the lean menu, because the chickpea kernels contain protein, which in its composition is as close as possible to proteins of animal origin, which makes it an excellent alternative to meat products. In addition, hummus is quite a substantial dish, which also makes it indispensable in the absence of rich meat dishes. Hummus can be served as a pate with bread or tortillas, and complement them with chips or vegetables.
Below we will tell you in detail how to properly prepare tasty hummus at home from natural chickpea peas, and also consider a variant of the meal of chickpea flour without the use of a blender.
How correctly to cook hummus from chickpeas at home?
Ingredients:
- dry peas - 320 g;
- sesame seeds - 55 g;
- garlic teeth - 3 pcs .;
- zir - 1/2 tsp;
- lemon juice - 60-100 ml;
- olive oil - to taste;
- table salt - to taste.
Preparation
From the evening or fourteen hours before the proposed preparation of hummus, we wash the chickpeas and soak in cold water. After that, the prepared peas are washed once more, immersed in a clean water and put on a stove to cook. Salt is not added. Time for this will take at least two hours, and readiness is checked by the softness of the pea, it should easily be crushed with a spoon. After that, merge the broth and store it, we'll need it later.
Seeds of zira are placed on the bottom of an absolutely dry frying pan and roasted for two minutes before the start of radiation, a delicate pleasant aroma, and then placed in a coffee grinder and grind thoroughly. In the same frying pan spread sesame seeds and fry them to a beautiful golden hue, stirring constantly, and then as well as ziru we process until the powder is obtained in a coffee grinder.
Now shift the shredded zir and sesame into the blender's container, add the cleaned teeth of garlic, a little salt of cooking and olive oil and punch for a while the mass to the maximum uniformity. After that, add the portioned boiled peas and grind each time to a homogeneous state, adding a little bit of leftover broth to the process. When all the chickpeas are added, try the mass to taste and season with lemon juice, salt and olive oil and punch again until a cream paste is obtained. If desired, in hummus you can add ground sweet paprika, sumac or other spices to your taste.
How to cook hummus at home from chickpea flour without a blender?
Ingredients:
- chickpea flour - 160 g;
- purified water - 520-600 ml;
- ground red paprika - 5 g;
- lemon - 1/2 pcs .;
- olive oil - 20-30 ml;
- table salt - to taste.
Preparation
Preparing hummus in this case, mix the chickpea flour with the water of the cleaned room temperature and treat the mass with a good mixer or whisk so that the lumps completely dissolve. After that, put the mixture on the stove on a moderate fire and warm it up, stirring constantly, to a boil, if necessary pouring more water. When the mass begins to boil and thickens, let it cool down a bit, and then add the grated on the smallest grater or simply squeezed through the press garlic, pour olive oil and lemon juice, add salt and ground sweet red paprika and mix very carefully, using for this purpose a mixer .