Hummus

Ingredients

• Sesame butter

  Seeds, tahini, from roasted and toasted kernels (most common type)

  ¼ cup or 60g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  ¼ cup or 61g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Garlic

  Raw

  ½ cloves, minced or 2g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  ½ tsp, ground or 2g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Chickpeas

  (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned

  15 oz or 425g

Directions

1. In the bowl of a food processor, combine tahini and lemon juice. Process for 1 minute. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl then turn on and process for 30 seconds.
2. Add the olive oil, minced garlic, cumin and the salt to the whipped tahini and lemon juice mixture. Process for 30 seconds, scrape sides and bottom of bowl then process another 30 seconds.
3. Open can of chickpeas, drain liquid then rinse well with water. Add half of the chickpeas to the food processor then process for 1 minute. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl, add remaining chickpeas and process for 1 to 2 minutes or until thick and quite smooth.
4. To perfect consistency, with the food processor turned on, slowly add 2 to 3 tablespoons of water. Enjoy!

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