Hoummus

Photo: flickr user Qtea

Ingredients

125 grams chick peas

5 teaspoons garlic, crushed

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon paprika, sweet

Soak chick peas overnight and discard skins.

Boil the soaked chick peas for 1 hour and drain.

Blend with garlic until smooth and set aside.

Blend sesame seeds until smooth and add to chick peas and garlic. Stir in lemon juice.

Sprinkle with paprika. Garnish with parsley and serve with wholemeal pita bread.

Note: The name of this well-known recipe is often spelt several ways e.g. hummus and hommos.

4.0 servings

Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 12:42am

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