Homemade houmous

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• Pauline

  05 January 2008

  Pauline commented on this recipe

  I love Houmous, I caramelized some red onions and mixed them in.

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• RachelFarley

  22 June 2008

  RachelFarley rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very nice, and very simple! Much cheaper than shop brought!

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• Yumm!

  01 July 2008

  Yumm! commented on this recipe

  A little too much Tahini in this version which greatly benefits from 1/2 a teaspoon of ground cumin (and maybe a little more garlic!).

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• Gem101

  22 July 2008

  Gem101 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Great recipe, although I would use a little less tahini paste and a little more lemon and garlic.

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• pamphletboy

  16 November 2008

  pamphletboy commented on this recipe

  Not Good! Too simple

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• Amybelle

  01 January 2009

  Amybelle rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I didn't really like the texture, it didn't taste right to me and didn't look appetising. Not at all like my Grandmother used to make!

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• Pickled Pepper

  18 May 2009

  Pickled Pepper rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really disappointed in this. I couldn't blend it properly in the blender because the blades kept getting clogged up. In the end I had to take it out of the blender and finish blending by hand. It tasted revolting and I really wish I hadn't bothered

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• Cararoofood

  28 July 2009

  Cararoofood rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Easy peasy and very tasty! I added an extra garlic clove and more lemon juice. Kids loved it.

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• June Trumper

  10 September 2009

  June Trumper commented on this recipe

  I agree with pickled pepper about not being able to blend it properly. I even added extra lemon juice and olive oil and it still did not work. Also did not taste that great, and I usually love Houmous. I now have three containers of very thick , not very tasty houmous in my freezer!

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• Panos

  28 September 2009

  Panos rated and commented on this recipe

  

  agreed with consensus that ratios are not right. In my version, I use juice from at least 1, sometimes 2 lemons per can of chick peas. And a lot more olive oil! I aim to have the ingredients just about covered with the olive oil/lemon juice. If I want it less fatty I replace some olive oil with water. I prefer to use toasted sesame seeds rather than tahini itself. I find that sesame seeds give more flavour, even though they are meant to be the same thing (has anyone else noticed?) Roughly 20g per tin of chick peas. I also sprinkle a small bunch of parsley/coriander, whatever I have available at the time.

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  31 December 2009

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  19 February 2010

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• amanda

  11 January 2011

  amanda commented on this recipe

  This is the best Hummus recipe , from Delia Smith, I have made it fo years and it never fails to go down a treat, though I tend to add 4 garlic cloves and the juice from 1 lemon instead of 2, 110g chickpeas, juice of 1 lemon,150ml Tahina paste, 4 cloves garlic,cayenne pepper,chopped parsley, 4 tbsp olive oil, salt, 150ml of the water from the can of chickpeas. Put everything in blender, adding the tahina paste as the blades revolve, taste and season with salt and cayenne. delicious!

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Ingredients

• 400g can chickpeas , washed and drained
• juice ½ lemon
• 1 garlic clove
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp tahini paste

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Makes 250ml

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Prep 10 mins

Vegetarian, Super healthy

Ingredients

• 400g can chickpeas , washed and drained
• juice ½ lemon
• 1 garlic clove
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp tahini paste

Per serving

221 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 14g, fat 15 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 4g, sugar 1g, salt 0 g

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