Easy homemade hummus

Easy hummus recipe

By Sarah Cook
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Prep: 5 mins No cook

Easy

Makes 4 snack portions

A smooth blended chickpea dip with tahini and garlic that's versatile and good for you, this easy hummus makes a great snack or lunch

Nutrition and extra info

  • Vegetarian

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal135
  • fat5.1g
  • saturates0.7g
  • carbs12.4g
  • sugars1.3g
  • fibre2.6g
  • protein7.5g
  • salt0.5g
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Ingredients

  • 1 x 400g can chickpea, don't drain
  • 1 tbsp tahini paste
  • 1 fat garlic clove, chopped
  • 3 tbsp 0% fat Greek yogurt
  • good squeeze lemon juice

Method

  1. Drain the chickpeas into a sieve set over a bowl or jug to catch the liquid. Tip the chickpeas, tahini, garlic and yogurt into a food processor or blender and whizz to smooth. 

  2. Whizz in a tbsp of the chickpea liquid at a time until you have a nice consistency, then scrape into a bowl.

  3. Stir in a squeeze of lemon juice and season to taste.

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Monsieurr Ferdinand
4th Mar, 2019
5.05
Amazing! As a beginner, I found this How-to-hummus-101 recipe to be delicious and on-point. Will stick to it and experiment with variations. Best wishes, Dante
fairystoryteller
17th Feb, 2018
5.05
Great base recipe. I really think it must be difficult to write a recipe for hummus because so much depends on the quality of each ingredient and things like the size and juiciness of your lemon! So I just use this as my list of ingredients and add and adjust as I go to get the taste and consistency I want. My approach is to use slightly less tahini and I don't use any liquid from the chick peas. I vary the amount of lemon juice to taste and I really like the addition of Greek yoghurt which adds a note of creaminess, sourness and achieves the mousse consistency I am looking for.
Chere
6th Aug, 2016
5.05
I made this yesterday to take along to a BBQ. This went down a treat. Thank you so much Sarah Cook.
SallyT.
12th Feb, 2015
1.05
Well I tried this recipe and found it wanting, unless you do a lot to it. I tried it with my blender first but it was very granular and sour tasting. The taste could have been because it mentioned using a fat clove of garlic and the clove I used was so fat it could have been three! but it was also very bland. The texture though was more the problem initially. Perhaps if the chickpeas had been further cooked to soften them more it might have worked but as it was it was horrible. I transferred it to my foodprocessor and got it nice an smooth but the flavour was still lacking. In the end I added some cayenne, ground cumin, coriander, cinnamon, onion granules, paprika. minced ginger, 1/2 tsp honey and a pinch of salt. Now it's OK but I'm not sure I'd bother again. I'll stick to my previous recipe or buying it.
cherries48
24th Dec, 2015
Tinned chick peas work great for me, following the recipe exactly. I have always found it 5 star rating. As for dried beans, it is worth doing your own but soaking, then cooking is the best result, and with poor dried bean results I have had recently I wonder if the dried beans are sometimesjust too old to start with.
SallyT.
12th Feb, 2015
1.05
Well I tried this recipe and found it wanting, unless you do a lot to it. I tried it with my blender first but it was very granular and sour tasting. The taste could have been because it mentioned using a fat clove of garlic and the clove I used was so fat it could have been three! But added to that is was rather bland. The texture though was more the problem. Perhaps if the chickpeas had been further cooked to soften them more it might have worked but as it was it was horrible. I transferred it to my foodprocessor and got it nice an smooth but the flavour was still lacking. In the end I added some cayenne, ground cumin, coriander, cinnamon, onion granules, paprika. minced ginger, 1/2 tsp honey and a pinch of salt. Now it's OK but I'm not sure I'd bother again. I'll stick to my previous recipe or buying it.
tissbun
14th Jan, 2015
3.05
Bland bland bland. It was definitely missing a flavour or two. If you're trying to avoid a more fattening shop-bought houmous this will not satisfy your craving without some creativity. By the time you try roasting peppers etc you might as well just buy one if you have time pressures. Otherwise, I am sure this could be a great recipe if you had the time to make it as such.
niamhmce
5th Nov, 2014
5.05
This is super tasty for something so simple to make. I left out the tahini paste because I have no other use for it but it didn't make any difference! I added in a handful of cashew nuts, a tablespoon of cumin and some fresh parsley for a bit of flavour and texture. Turned out fab.
pears47p
31st Jul, 2014
Very easy to make. Had to add salt as it was a little bland, also added some cumin to give it a bit of a kick. Delicious
amazon queen
22nd May, 2014
Delicious, and so easy. I'll never buy this ready made again. Strange that omitting the usual olive oil seems to make no difference to the taste at all. Didn't need to add the chick pea liquid, but plenty of salt and a little black pepper. I'll try to adapt this will herbs and spices now.

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Nv871
12th Jun, 2019
Add a pinch of sugar to balance out particularly bitter tahini. If you have time, boil the chickpeas first to remove as many skins as possible. The result is a much less dry and smooth hummus
gilljeff09
1st Jan, 2014
I put some olive oil and a pinch of Cayenne pepper which gives it a little bite.