Selfmade Hummus – The simple hummus recipe

In the last days and weeks, we have somehow developed a preference for chickpeas. Besides warm dishes like the Lebanese Balila or my quickly prepared chickpea-potato pan, we also like to snack the protein bomb.

Since I love to mix different dips and sauces, the logical next step was to try a classic of oriental specialties, hummus.

The word hummus comes from Arabic and means „chickpeas“, the main ingredient of this popular starter of the Levantine cuisine. To the hummus recipe are added sesame, oil, lemon juice, garlic and a few spices.

In addition, you can customize your recipe and create a curry hummus or a spicy chili hummus, for example. We will show you how you can make a simple hummus yourself in our hummus recipe.

Hummus with chickpeas, paprika powder and coriander

Ingredients for the hummus recipe

Preparation of the Hummus

1. First drain the chickpeas in a sieve and let them drain properly. Catch some of the liquid. Personally, we prefer to use canned chickpeas, as this saves us soaking and cooking compared to dried chickpeas.

2. Next, peel the garlic and cut it into small pieces. Put the garlic together with the lemon juice, salt and sesame puree in a blender and puree everything thoroughly. Add some more of the chickpea water until you get a creamy, slightly frothy mass.

Tip: Roast the peeled garlic as a small taste variation in a pan until it becomes glassy to slightly brownish and then add it to the hummus.

Pragya cannot resist the hummus even in the preparation

3. In the next step, add the chickpeas, some pepper, 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil and the cumin to the mixer. At this point, you can also add other spices to your homemade hummus. Puree everything for 2-3 minutes and then season with salt and lemon. Depending on the target consistency you can also add some chickpea liquid.

Puree the ingredients to a creamy hummus

4.As with the Greek tzatziki, a dash of olive oil is added to the hummus cream at the end of the meal. You can also decorate with parsley or some paprika powder and then enjoy your homemade hummus with flatbread. Bon appetite.

Hummus as tasty dip with bread

Making hummus yourself – Our conclusion

Such a hummus recipe is a really quick and easy thing. We have most of the ingredients at home and the sesame paste can also be used for other delicious recipes. Especially the many variations of homemade hummus made with spices make this recipe so interesting and delicious.

So what are your most delicious and maybe even craziest hummus variations? Write it down in the comments.

More delicious dips and chickpea recipes can be found here:

• Skordalia – Greek potato and garlic paste
• Tzatziki – Classic Dip from Greece
• Aioli Recipe – Making your own Garlic-Dip
• Chana Masala – Indian chickpea curry
• Green Chutney – herb dip from India
• For guests – Three party dip