EASY "Hummus" !!!!

[Spiral]

I bought tesco's caramalised onion hummus today, haven't tried it yet but their plain and organic hummus are delicious. Can you actually become addicted to hummus? I think I am!

Their lemon and corriander houmous is very good.

San Amvrosia houmous is my favourite. It's really smooth and creamy. I'm too lazy to make my own!

[obesevegan]

Hey this stuff is the best! - I found a local place that sells it now no houmous compares to this stuff and Ive tried loads of different types and brands etc - every time I try to make my own it takes like S^%t

Might try some of these recipes

Chris

[piggy]

I have no way to get hold of any tahini, what else could I use to replace it as a hummus ingredient?

[moonshadow]

can you get sesame seeds? if you can, you should be able to make your own tahini. you'd need a really good grinder, though, as the seeds are so small. it's something like 1/3 cup oil per 4 cups of seeds, but that sounds like a lot of tahini!!!

[moonshadow]

oh, and tahini is not truly necessary in hummus. i've got one recipe that doesn't call for it... however it is downstairs and the little girl and i are upstairs. i'll look for it and post it later

[piggy]

oh, thanx moonshadow! it would be great if you could post that recipe!

i've tried making hummus by just leaving out the tahini, but it's just never come out perfectly, so i was wondering wheter the tahini was the reason...

good idea grinding the sesame seeds though...i don't have a grinder, but i could look into that idea

[moonshadow]

tahini-less hummus (from the native foods restaurant cookbook by tanya petrovna):

harry's hummus
'this recipe is a greek-style hummu, shich doesn't include tahini. this gives it a lighter essence'

1 cup cooked garbanzo beans (chick peas)
1/4 cup cooking liquid from the beans
2 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 tsp sea salt

puree all ingredients in a blender until smooth. it may be neccesary to add more cooking liquid or water to create a smooth texture.



variation-- add 2 tbsp raw or roasted tahini

[piggy]

thank you so much moonshadow! i'll try that out, definitely!

[Haniska]

in "how it all vegan" there is a recipe for easy hummus using peanut butter. I have tried using peanut butter and it is alright but I think almond butter would be better. I think you can use anything with fat, as you see at the begining of this thread I use salad dressing.