Hummus

[floraldi]

Was thinking of making my own but my local supermarket are doing quite a wide range and I have been eating one kind or another for my evening meal - with thin wholemeal biscuits -  for ages now (plus large bowl of fresh fruit). The one I like best has olives in it.  The plain one just looks too plain. They do a low fat but don't fancy it.  They ran out of my favourite so I had to buy their superior one which has sun dried tomatoes, coriander and garlic. I think it's a nourishing food, lots of protein with all those chickpeas

[floraldi]

[supersprout]

hello florald and welcome to the threads!
Your comments reminded me that some peeps have tried growing their own chickpeas, and just to demonstrate that this is a gardening as well as eating community  ;) ::) you might enjoy reports at http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,57/topic,13298.0
happy allotmenting, look forward to seeing more of you ;D

[agapanthus]

Does anyone have a low-fat version they could share please ;)

[supersprout]

Hi agapanthus, when I am doing weight watchers, I make it without the tahini as per below. P ::)

Measure in cooked chickpeas to top of pint jug, plus their liquid.
Add
juice of 1.5-2 lemons
2 heaping tbs tahini
2+ cloves of garlic
1 heaping tsp salt

Put in a bowl and mash or blend til chunky or smooth. Add more salt or lemon juice to taste.
My son likes to add a handful of fresh green coriander, dried or fresh chillis, or a dash of toasted cumin. And treble garlic ;D

[Moggle]

Hope I'm not too late to add my recipe:

220g cooked chickpeas
1tb extra virgin olive oil
1tb sunflower oil
2tbs tahini
juice of half a lemon
3-4 garlic cloves
salt
cooking water or plain water

I lightly fry the garlic in a tiny bit of oil first as my home-gown garlic tastes a bit raw/burney on it's own, then I blitz the whole lot together. I used a single estate olive oil last night and drizzled a bit over the top as well - Yum! My recipe makes 4 servings.

I love the M&S version topped with roasted tomatoes too - I want to try to replicate that at home.

Also want to try blending in a roasted pepper as a variation or perhaps some sun-dried tomates.

I have one serving as a meal with carrot sticks, cucumber sticks and a bit of pita or white bread - delish!

[agapanthus]

Thanks Supersprout...will be making that this weekend ;D