Hummus Recipe (Extra Fluffy Hummus Tip, Hack)
Hummus Recipe is a popular Middle Eastern dip made by blending chickpeas with tahini, garlic, olive oil and lemon juice. It makes a great spread for any sandwiches or shawarma, can be had as a dipping sauce for grilled chicken, kuboos, whole wheat pita, veggie sticks like carrots, cucumber or pita chips.
Equipment
1 Pressure cooker
1 Blender
Ingredients
- 1 cup Cooked Chickpeas
- ¼ cup Tahini
- 4 cloves Garlic peeled and chopped finely
- 3 tablespoon Lemon Juice or to taste
- ¼ cup Chickpeas Cooking Liquid (aquafaba)
- 4 piece Ice cubes
- 3 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
For Serving
- 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped
- Chips to serve
Instructions
- Soak chickpeas overnight. Take it in a pressure cooker and cover with water. Pressure cook this for 6 to 7 whistle till chickpeas is cooked completely. Strain this and set aside.
- Reserve the cooking liquid. Instead of doing this entire step you can use canned chickpeas. You need 1 cup of cooked chickpeas and ¼ cup of chickpea cooking liquid.
- Take a blender jar. Add in cooked chickpeas, tahini, garlic, salt, lemon juice, little of the chickpeas cooking liquid. Blend this this creamy.
- Add in ice cubes, olive oil, more chickpeas cooking liquid and blend this till smooth and fluffy.
- You can add more cooking liquid as needed. Blend this till it gets fluffy.
- Transfer this to a bowl, use the back of the spoon to make a well in the centre. Drizzle in some olive oil and sprinkle some more paprika. Serve as dip, or spread for sandwiches or wraps.
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Notes
- adding chickpeas cooking liquid when grinding hummus makes it creamy and extra smooth.
- You can add more garlic if you prefer hummus garlicky.
- Roasted cumin powder, paprika, cayenne can be used for flavours.
- You can use more olive oil for extra richness.
- Prepared hummus can be stored in an air tight container in fridge upto 5 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Hummus Recipe (Extra Fluffy Hummus Tip, Hack)
Serving Size
1 servings
Amount per Serving
Calories
287
% Daily Value*
Fat
23
g
35
%
Saturated Fat
3
g
19
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
5
g
Monounsaturated Fat
13
g
Sodium
10
mg
0
%
Potassium
215
mg
6
%
Carbohydrates
16
g
5
%
Fiber
4
g
17
%
Sugar
2
g
2
%
Protein
6
g
12
%
Vitamin A
67
IU
1
%
Vitamin C
8
mg
10
%
Calcium
48
mg
5
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.