The hummus dish is a very popular (and not only in the Mediterranean) appetizer. Mention of this dish can be found in the famous ancient work of Homer "Iliad". Classic hummus is a paste made from cooked and chopped chickpeas. The composition can also include olive and sesame oils, sesame (sesame) pasta or sesame seeds, garlic, paprika, lemon juice, and sometimes other products and condiments. In Hebrew and Arabic, the word "hummus" means simply "pea-chickpeas" (nagut), and the ready-made dish itself. Humus is very popular in all countries of the Middle East, in India, Turkey, USA. In many countries it is sold in ready-made form.
The recipe for hummus
We offer you a classic recipe for hummus.
Ingredients:
- gram 500 chickpeas;
- 5-8 tablespoons olive (and / or sesame, sunflower oil);
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds (ground, or even whole);
- 2-4 cloves of garlic;
- juice of 1 lemon;
- 0.5 tablespoons of coriander seeds and caraway seeds (preferably ground ones);
- other dry spices at your discretion.
Preparation:
Chickens will be filled with boiling water and left for the night. In the morning, salt water and rind the peas. Again, fill it with clean cold water, already in the cauldron. Put the cauldron on the fire, bring it to a boil and cook for about 10 minutes. We pour water and then rinse again - these manipulations are needed to reduce the unpleasant "musical" consequences. Again, fill it with clean water and cook until ready. Let's salt the water. Let's cool the cooked chickpeas and blast it to homogeneity or we'll crush it by hand (you can use a meat grinder). Add the butter and chopped garlic. The base hummus is ready. You can add various fillers that determine the taste, in our case it is lemon juice and spices. You can add crushed aromatic herbs. Ready hummus in a closed container put on an hour in the fridge and you can spread pancakes, pita bread or slices of bread.
The American version
America, as you know - a colorful blanket of nationalities, here live immigrants from around the world. That's why hummus is a very popular dish in the US, but they cook it here in their own way. Americans like different supplements to hummus - cocoa, tomatoes, pumpkin puree, garlic. We will try to cook hummus with pine nuts.
Ingredients:
- juice of one lemon;
- 0,5 kg of chick pea;
- 2.5 tablespoons of sesame seeds;
- 6 tbsp. spoons of olive oil;
- 1 not very large onion;
- 2-3 cloves of garlic;
- half of the station. spoons of cumin and paprika;
- 200 g of pine nuts.
Preparation:
Preparing hummus with pine nuts is almost the same as the classical version. However, after the traditional version is ready, fry in pineapple (preferably creamy) cedar nuts and pour into the total mass. Nuts will make the taste even more unusual and interesting.
With what do you eat hummus?
Traditionally, hummus is served with pita (bread, cake), lavash, with corn chips. Since hummus is a paste, it is very convenient to spread on bread, pita bread or slices of bread. Also, you can stuff tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplants, zucchini and other vegetables with hummus.
What is useful for hummus?
Hummus contains a large amount of valuable vegetable protein and other useful substances, in particular, dietary fiber, vitamins, unsaturated fats, folic acid, potassium, zinc and iron compounds. This dish is just a find for vegetarians,
Dishes with hummus
This dish can be used not only as a snack or a sandwich mass, it can be an ingredient for cooking other dishes. You can, for example, cook eggs stuffed with hummus - very simple and festive. You can use it as a dressing for salads - for example, from boiled meat, greens, tomatoes, red bell peppers and eggs. All these dishes hummus will add a piquant oriental shade.