Breaking Through, Travelling On

rtandon27

Recipe for Classic Hummus (using canned chickpeas)

· 19-oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
· 4 tblsp lemon juice
· 2 tblsp sesame tahini
· 2-3 garlic cloves, chopped
· ½ tsp ground cumin
· ½ tsp salt
· pinch cayenne pepper
· olive oil to taste
· up to 1 cup of water (as needed)

Ø Put all ingredients in a food processor and puree until smooth, scraping down the sides occasionally.
Ø Drizzle in water until desired consistency is reached.
Ø Taste and add additional cayenne pepper if you wish.
Ø Scrape into shallow bowl – drizzle over olive oil to taste.

(sorry it's not metric! - I always cook old school!)

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, glad you had a lovely time KC! :j and great plan to load docs on the kindle, how clever

I make hummous sometimes, but it's an incredibly lazy version that involves mashing a drained tin of chick peas with a bit of garlic (and a splash of milk if it's too stodgy) using a potato masher :rotfl: doesn't have the texture of actual hummous but I far prefer my half arsed version :rotfl:

Karmacat

Goldiegirl wrote: »

It sounds like your visit was everything you wanted it to be:)

It really was :coffee:

Plus cats as well :j

Ideal holiday for me :j:j:j

rtandon27 wrote: »

Who am I to compete with the Beeb? – but let’s just say my most used recipe from uni days has a lot more chickpeas & a lot less tahini! – after all cooking on a student budget meant expensive ingredients had to go a long way! (will post recipe below)

May have already said but hummus never takes any time - it's about bunging it in & whizzing it up!

I've possibly been overthinking hummus :rotfl:thanks for this, RT and please don't concern yourself with metric - I can't do American cups, but apart from that, I don't mind. And thats a big old can of chickpeas there! 19 oz??? Eek :rotfl:

And along with Cheery's Half Arsed Version :j I'm really getting the sense that just like in the supermarkets where you pay twice the price to have some paprika sprinkled on top, hummus is whatever you want it to be.

So, chick peas. Tick.
Lemon juice. I have a bottle so I'll use that up and then reconsider.
Tahini. Will buy.
Garlic - got some in the fridge, am growing more
Spices and salt. Yes (though possibly not cumin dear me).
Olive oil. Loads and loads and loads

And at first, there may well be a masher involved :cool:

Knit_Witch

if you can eat and have smooth peanut butter that can be used instead of tahini I understand (I'm allergic so never tried!!)

rtandon27

KC - I forgot to say that you need to drain and rinse the canned chickpeas (in cold water)- if you rinse the chickpeas, it makes them easier to digest - not sure why but it does

Karmacat wrote: »

...Spices and salt. Yes (though possibly not cumin dear me)...

No cumin?!?:eek:

Knit_Witch wrote: »

if you can eat and have smooth peanut butter that can be used instead of tahini I understand (I'm allergic so never tried!!)

Almond butter & cashew butter work well too - or grind up some whole nuts in the food processor before adding the chickpeas! - not as smooth as tahini but gives a similar taste

gallygirl

rtandon27 wrote: »

No cumin?!?:eek:

I thought I had misread :eek::eek::eek:. How is this possible in a 1st world country :mad:.

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning, sounds like your trip was excellent. I am slightly worried about your lack of cumin. Should I send an emergency food parcel in the post ?

Have a good day x x x

gallygirl

Can I just check - you don't have ground OR whole cumin or are we talking about a temporary shortage of one, still leaving you with supplies of the other .

Scuttles off to check manifestos.........

"No more boom & bust cumin supplies"

"We guarantee a minimum level of cumin for all households"

"No inheritance tax on 1st million grains of cumin"

"All cumin is theft" - that's the Communist's out, and I think we know where UKIP would stand on 'foreign muck invading our shelves' .

rtandon27

:DYou lot really make me giggle!:D

Is powdered cumin something that can be sent in the post? I too was thinking that an emergency spice [STRIKE]parcel[/STRIKE] envelope might be in order!

Karmacat

I'm in **awe** of you lot :rotfl: :j:rotfl: :j:rotfl: :j

Okay, I had to get my containers out of the cupboard and run through them I have:
- garam masala
- peppercorns
- mixed herbs
- cayenne pepper
- turmeric
- hot chili powder
- ground coriander
- Colmans mustard
- mint

plus

- ground mixed spice
- nutmeg
- cinnamon
- cardamom pods

Does custard powder count?

And I'm not going to tell anyone how many of the above are unopened ...

**cringes** I've been ill, its not my fault, please let me stay in the club, I'll buy some cumin on Tuesday, I'm going to the supermarket then, I promise I'll be good, I won't do it again

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: