Great easy Hummus recipe if anyone interested (recipe below video link)

[Kenny202]

 

 

Can chick peas (available Makro)

1/3 rd cup olive oil

Splash sesame oil (optional)

4 crushed cloves garlic

2 tab spoon chick pea water

heaped tab spoon peanut butter

Pinch salt pepper

1 x tab sp Lemon or lime

Dash tabasco

 

That's it. I added a handful of parsley as well as I like parsley. Very nice creamy smooth hummus and as far as I know can be frozen too

Edited June 7, 2022 by Kenny202

[norfolkandchance]

There’s 2 things I hate. One is Peanut butter and the other is Marmite.

[ezzra]

There are a dozens of ways of making humus and this is absolutely NOT one of them...

[youreavinalaff]

8 hours ago, ezzra said:

There are a dozens of ways of making humus and this is absolutely NOT one of them...

Would you care to offer an alternative instead if just dissing what appears to be a reasonable recipe?

[Lemsta69]

8 hours ago, ezzra said:

There are a dozens of ways of making humus and this is absolutely NOT one of them...

Lebanese hummus is the best. please post your best recipe for that. 

[Denim]

Living in the Petchabun boonies I am surprised that our local Big C has stopped selling Vintage cheddar cheese and ALL margarine but has now decided to sell hummus instead at a price that guarantees nobody will buy it. Even when it got stuck with a yellow label no takers.

I like hummus but not at any price.

[herfiehandbag]

21 hours ago, ezzra said:

There are a dozens of ways of making humus and this is absolutely NOT one of them...

Well I have just tried it (left out the peanut butter as I didn't  have any - might be worth trying a splash of tahini next time - I noticed Tops had it in stock.). 

Looked like humus,

tasted like humus,

Smelt like humus, 

you know what I reckon it is humus.

 

Jolly nice spread on fresh french bread (pain rustique) for breakfast.

 

However, bearing in mind your strictures I shall print out the recipe, and put it in my recipe file under the heading:

"Ezzra says it is not humus".

 

[herfiehandbag]

23 hours ago, norfolkandchance said:

There’s 2 things I hate. One is Peanut butter and the other is Marmite.

So no Peanut butter and Marmite sandwiches then?

 

No sense of adventure!????

Edited June 8, 2022 by herfiehandbag

[Kenny202]

14 hours ago, youreavinalaff said:

Would you care to offer an alternative instead if just dissing what appears to be a reasonable recipe?

I just looked at a ton of Hummus recipes including Lebanese and they all seem to have the same basic ingredients....Chick peas, olive oil, lemon and garlic. Dunno what this guys on about? The peanut butter sounds daggy but it is a substitute for Tahini. I assumed sourcing Tahini would probably make the whole thing uneconomical. And you don't taste the peanut butter in that sense at all. been a few years since I had hummus so no real point of reference but it tasted pretty good to me. Plenty of other stuff you could add to it to I reckon. I really liked the parsley in it. Maybe some Nigella seeds, black sesame. Anyway, sure tasted like Hummus to me ????

[norfolkandchance]

5 minutes ago, Kenny202 said:

I just looked at a ton of Hummus recipes including Lebanese and they all seem to have the same basic ingredients....Chick peas, olive oil, lemon and garlic. Dunno what this guys on about? The peanut butter sounds daggy but it is a substitute for Tahini. I assumed sourcing Tahini would probably make the whole thing uneconomical. And you don't taste the peanut butter in that sense at all. been a few years since I had hummus so no real point of reference but it tasted pretty good to me. Plenty of other stuff you could add to it to I reckon. I really liked the parsley in it. Maybe some Nigella seeds, black sesame. Anyway, sure tasted like Hummus to me ????

I make Tahini with toasted ground Sesame seeds. Widely available.

[norfolkandchance]

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

So no Peanut butter and Marmite sandwiches then?

 

No sense of adventure!????

If you like Cheese. Google Casu Martzu. My favourite.

[Eloquent pilgrim]

How can anyone possibly make Hummus without Tahini, it is an absolutely essential ingredient ...... bizarre recipe, and certainly not Hummus 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

15 hours ago, youreavinalaff said:

Would you care to offer an alternative instead if just dissing what appears to be a reasonable recipe?

Unfortunately, it is not a reasonable recipe, well certainly not for Hummus ....... no Tahini, no Hummus 

[Kenny202]

Hummus or not, end result was damn nice. Going to do some wraps tonight with tzatziki

[youreavinalaff]

4 hours ago, Kenny202 said:

I just looked at a ton of Hummus recipes including Lebanese and they all seem to have the same basic ingredients....Chick peas, olive oil, lemon and garlic. Dunno what this guys on about? The peanut butter sounds daggy but it is a substitute for Tahini. I assumed sourcing Tahini would probably make the whole thing uneconomical. And you don't taste the peanut butter in that sense at all. been a few years since I had hummus so no real point of reference but it tasted pretty good to me. Plenty of other stuff you could add to it to I reckon. I really liked the parsley in it. Maybe some Nigella seeds, black sesame. Anyway, sure tasted like Hummus to me ????

Thanks. I agree. Although considered a seed rather than a nut, sesame does have most of the characteristics of nuts. Those with nut allergies must avoid them. In the absence of Tahini I would add a little peanut butter and also a tad of sesame oil, widely available due to its use in Chinese cooking. If feeling adventurous one could blend some sesame seeds with sesame oil to create one's own form of Tahini.

4 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

Unfortunately, it is not a reasonable recipe, well certainly not for Hummus ....... no Tahini, no Hummus 

As you can see from above, and countless sources on the internet, peanut butter is a perfectly adequate substitute for Tahini. 

 

Anyway, like I said to the other guy, care to post your recipe or are you just going to criticise?

[JeffersLos]

how many ml is 1/3 of a cup? 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

4 hours ago, youreavinalaff said:

Thanks. I agree. Although considered a seed rather than a nut, sesame does have most of the characteristics of nuts. Those with nut allergies must avoid them. In the absence of Tahini I would add a little peanut butter and also a tad of sesame oil, widely available due to its use in Chinese cooking. If feeling adventurous one could blend some sesame seeds with sesame oil to create one's own form of Tahini.

As you can see from above, and countless sources on the internet, peanut butter is a perfectly adequate substitute for Tahini. 

 

Anyway, like I said to the other guy, care to post your recipe or are you just going to criticise?

 

 

Hard to find a polite way of saying this, so, I will just have to say that it is nonsense to suggest that peanut butter is a perfectly adequate substitute for Tahini. There is no substitute for Tahini when making Hummus; how can a product made primarily from peanuts be a substitute for a product made from sesame seeds ??

 

To make authentic Hummus you need to use these ingredients:

 

Chickpeas

Garlic

Tahini

Fresh lemon juice

Kosher / Maldon salt

Extra virgin olive oil (don’t economise on this)

Flat leaf parsley for garnish (optional)

Paprika for garnish (optional)

 

Measurements depend on the thickness you wish to achieve, but as a rough beginners guide, 3 teacups of chickpeas, ½ cup Tahini, 1 or 2 cloves of garlic, juice from 1 lemon ….. enough olive oil to get the required viscosity and salt to taste.

[Michaelaway]

Hummus

1 15 oz. can of garbanzo beans, drained 

2 ½ tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 teaspoon sea salt 

1 teaspoon cumin

1-2  tablespoons lemon juice

½ cup tahini

3 cloves garlic, sliced thin

½ cup water

 

 

[youreavinalaff]

1 hour ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

 

Hard to find a polite way of saying this, so, I will just have to say that it is nonsense to suggest that peanut butter is a perfectly adequate substitute for Tahini. There is no substitute for Tahini when making Hummus; how can a product made primarily from peanuts be a substitute for a product made from sesame seeds ??

 

To make authentic Hummus you need to use these ingredients:

 

Chickpeas

Garlic

Tahini

Fresh lemon juice

Kosher / Maldon salt

Extra virgin olive oil (don’t economise on this)

Flat leaf parsley for garnish (optional)

Paprika for garnish (optional)

 

Measurements depend on the thickness you wish to achieve, but as a rough beginners guide, 3 teacups of chickpeas, ½ cup Tahini, 1 or 2 cloves of garlic, juice from 1 lemon ….. enough olive oil to get the required viscosity and salt to taste.

Your palate is clearly lacking. Your culinary knowledge also.

 

Unless, of course, a myriad of top chefs, including those with Michelin stars, are wrong. Move on.????????????????

[Eloquent pilgrim]

21 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

Your palate is clearly lacking. Your culinary knowledge also.

 

Unless, of course, a myriad of top chefs, including those with Michelin stars, are wrong. Move on.????????????????

 

Rather than just throwing personal insults and Michelin stars at me, why don’t you just tell me what is either missing, or superfluous, to the ingredients I listed for making authentic Hummus; and try to be more polite please.

[Sparktrader]

On 6/7/2022 at 1:58 PM, ezzra said:

There are a dozens of ways of making humus and this is absolutely NOT one of them...

Buy it from shops

Best way

[youreavinalaff]

19 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

Rather than just throwing personal insults and Michelin stars at me, why don’t you just tell me what is either missing, or superfluous, to the ingredients I listed for making authentic Hummus; and try to be more polite please.

I fail to see any personal insults. Thanks. I was merely pointing out some flaws in your thinking. Thanks.

 

Move on????????????????Please. Thanks. 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

15 hours ago, youreavinalaff said:

I fail to see any personal insults. Thanks. I was merely pointing out some flaws in your thinking. Thanks.

 

Move on????????????????Please. Thanks. 

So, I post a recipe for traditional Lebanese Hummus, and you respond with a cheap-shot comment, saying to me “Your palate is clearly lacking. Your culinary knowledge also”

 

You, of course, fail to say what is wrong with the recipe, or post your own; which is staggeringly ironic considering in an earlier comment you said to me “Anyway, like I said to the other guy, care to post your recipe or are you just going to criticise?”   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

This recipe was given to me by a Lebanese guy that was a customer of my business in a London fruit & Veg market 30 years ago. He said his family had been making it to this recipe for many generations, so let’s hear what you think is wrong with it.

 

Oh, and simply saying “move on” because you don’t have any answers is transparent and decidedly uncool

[Kenny202]

Just bye the bye, and I can speak from first hand knowledge as I made it there is not even a subtle taste of peanut / peanut butter in the finished product. it is very good. I mean all Tahini is sesame seeds blitzed with oil until it makes a paste. As sesame seeds are ridiculously cheap will certainly give it a go next time but nothing wrong with a little peanut butter. It just isn't how you obviously imagine it to be,  

[Eloquent pilgrim]

33 minutes ago, Kenny202 said:

Just bye the bye, and I can speak from first hand knowledge as I made it there is not even a subtle taste of peanut / peanut butter in the finished product. it is very good. I mean all Tahini is sesame seeds blitzed with oil until it makes a paste. As sesame seeds are ridiculously cheap will certainly give it a go next time but nothing wrong with a little peanut butter. It just isn't how you obviously imagine it to be,  

Kenny, you have obviously made this recipe and I am sure it is very tasty; I have not been trying to dispute that it might be great, just that it is not really hummus.

Hummus has to be made with Tahini, and it certainly does not need any tabasco.

 

I honestly don’t think making tahini is a good idea either; it really is not easy to do well.

I have bought a couple of different brands of tahini in Thailand from supermarkets, and they were very disappointing. I eventually found an excellent one, made by a company called “Good Karma” They make it fresh in small batches, and sell it in glass jars of 340 grams at 250 Baht.

 

It is well worth the price and a dollop is also great in a bowl of yogurt for breakfast (goats milk if you can get it)

 

Anyhow, in case you're interested I’m attaching a link to their website … just put tahini into their search bar

 

Cheers

 

https://healthfoodthailand.com/

 

 

[The Hammer2021]

Nice but you lost me with 'can' of chicken peas.

[youreavinalaff]

10 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

So, I post a recipe for traditional Lebanese Hummus, and you respond with a cheap-shot comment, saying to me “Your palate is clearly lacking. Your culinary knowledge also”

I was responding to your comment about peanut butter. 

 

Please and thank you.

 

Edited June 9, 2022 by youreavinalaff

[Michaelaway]

IMO, this is the best tahini available (price & quality).

 

 

 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

9 hours ago, youreavinalaff said:

I was responding to your comment about peanut butter. 

 

Please and thank you.

 

We both know that to be palpably untrue; you are simply backtracking because you cannot substantiate the insults you threw at me.

 

And, we are also still waiting to see your Hummus recipe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Eloquent pilgrim]

30 minutes ago, Michaelaway said:

IMO, this is the best tahini available (price & quality).

 

 

 

 

 

I hadn't seen that one before. It is certainly great value if the quality is good; might give it a try next time ... thanks ????