Humos- one of the greatest arabian dishes!

[Freediver81]

I know this isn't fish but its good to have a side dish beside all of the tasty fish!!!


This is the recipe:-

Ingredients:

2 cups of Chickpeas which were soaking overnight in a bowl of water

1 table spoon of drinking soda powder

juice from 3 medium lemons

1/2 a cup of raw tehina (sesame paste)

3 cloves of garlic

extra virgin olive oil

1/2 a table spoon of cumin



praparation:

1. you cook the chickpeas in water with the drinking soda powder untill the chickpeas get soft (you can check by squashing one with your fingers)

2. cool the chickpeas and the water to room temperature and you put the chickpeas in a food processor. you add a little of the cooking water until you get a smooth but liquid texture.

3. gradually add raw tehina to the mixture (the tehina makes the mixture get hard so watch how much you put)

4. you then add the rest of the ingredients (lemon juice, squashed cloves of garlic and cumin and fix by taste)

5. you pour some olive oil over the finished mixture and start eating with preferably pita from my fathers bakery, but if you cant get hold of them any bread will do!




Said

[DeepThought]

Originally Posted by Freediver81

start eating with preferably pita from my fathers bakery,

indeed!!!

[island_sands]

MMMMMMM....


thanks F-D81... as soon as i get normal life again with a kitchen (hopefully next year) i will put that to a test...

[Alison]

We tried this one last weekend, Said is definately on my list of mates

[Murat]

its good to see familiar recipes, this is our local food and every people in here knows how to do it I will try to add some extra tips next time to make the receipe more delicious and special

[Oldsarge]

Ah humos! Wonderful stuff. The advantage of living in SoCal is that everyone comes here and brings their recipes, opens restaurants and adds hybrid vigor (and pretty girls!) to the local population. Here you can get humos in Morrocan, Syrian, Palestinian, Arabian and Lebanese flavors. Mmmmmm!

The disadvantage to living in SoCal is that everyone comes here . . .

Oh well,

[Freediver81]

Originally Posted by Alison

We tried this one last weekend, Said is definately on my list of mates

Glad you enjoyed it!

Said

[QUETZAL]

Great recipe, would you post a recipe for Baba Ganoush.
Thanks

[Poida]

I,ve seen quite a few recipes where you soak peas over night. Why don't peas soak during the day??

[Huan]

I think they find it hard to sleep with all the light.
Definately night soaked peas behave better

[Poida]

Of course it is also handy if you want to get up in the middle of the night to have a pea.

[Freediver81]

Originally Posted by island_sands

MMMMMMM....


thanks F-D81... as soon as i get normal life again with a kitchen (hopefully next year) i will put that to a test...

Well Sara, did you try to prepare it?


Said

[Freediver81]

Originally Posted by Alison

We tried this one last weekend, Said is definately on my list of mates

Her absence is truly felt!

Said

[Ocean Girl]

Isnt' hummos fattening?

[Pastor]

Never mind the calories! Its the affect on the Beaufort scale I worry about

More tea vicar?