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The word hummus comes from Arabic and means chick peas.
No wonder has chick peas, indeed the main ingredient.
Authentic hummus recipes include also lots of tahini and olive oil.
Tahini is a sesame paste that can be replaced
with a small amount of sesame oil or an drizzle of olive oil.
Hummus is served as an appetiser with a flat bread, such as the pita.
To make the hummus, you will need cooked chick peas, salt,
garlic, sesame oil, cumin powder, cayenne pepper, paprika powder- just to taste,
little bit of olive oil, lemon juice and plain yogurt.
Unless you are in turkey, it will be difficult for you to find Turkish yogurt,
which is quite thick.
So make your own. Buy a good plain organic yogurt
and let it drain for about 2 hours in a sieve to drain the milk out.
That way, the yogurt will have the consistency of a thick sour cream.
Then place the yogurt in a food processor.
Add the chick peas.
So the chick peas, you could cook them in the court bouillon,
or you could use canned chick peas.
The thing is, if you are using canned, you have to wash them well.
Add the salt. And the garlic; make sure to remove the germ of the garlic.
So add the garlic. Add the lemon juice,
the cumin powder, so nice, 1 teaspoon. And you want to level your teaspoon.
And a good pinch of cayenne pepper.
Then process. So process to a thin paste.
Add the sesame oil, a good teaspoon.
The olive oil. Except just a little bit; actually, could put everything.
And process again.
Turn off the machine and clean the sides.
So just push it down, because you are going to have some thick parts otherwise.
Process again. Great! Taste it.
Hmm.. Nice.
We taste the spices, the cumin, the cayenne pepper, the sesame oil
and the chickpeas all combined together.
Very nice. Very flavourful. Lets serve it.
And you may serve it with the vegetables or with pieces of pita bread.
Then with a knife, you may just make it nice. Here we go.
Then we are going to sprinkle some paprika over.