Hummus is a popular Middle Eastern dips. Served with fresh or toasted pita bread, hummus makes for a great snack or appetizer.
My sons and daughters-in-law love it. I make it at home and it has very healthy ingredients and tastes good as a sandwich spread
Ingredients
- 100gm Good quality Kabuli Chana (Chick peas)
- 50g white sesame seeds (TIL)
- 2 TBSP. Olive OIL.
- 4-5 garlic pods
- Some spice like green chillie, red chillie flakes, black ground pepper powder
- Sweet lime juice 1 or 2 tsp.
Method:
1. Soak chana overnight. Pressure Cook with salt till soft.
2. Roast sesame seeds
3. Powder sesame seeds, add olive oil, grind to a fine texture. This is called Tahini butter.
4. Grind cooked chana , green chillie , garlic pods to a fine paste
5. Add Tahini butter to this mixture , add lime juice and mix thoroughly
6. You may add pepper powder, chillie flakes as per taste.
