What do you put in your hummus?

[MMGerard]

I have never made hummus but would like to give it a try. I thought I'd start with the basic recipe in NT, but wondered whether it needs some tweaking. What do you all put in your hummus? Please share you favorite recipe! Thanks!

[Teenytoona]

When I first started making hummus, I could never find tahini sauce. I've gotten into the habit of just making it with garlic, lemon, olive oil, salt and I think that's about it.

[CanBoo]

Cumin and tahini is a must in mine.

Sometimes I add Roasted peppers or Roasted garlic to jazz it up.

[raksmama]

Garbanzo beans,sesame tahini, lemon juice,fresh garlic and salt. that is all.
I top it with a little oilve oil along with cumin and paprika on top.

[Smokering]

I add mustard to mine sometimes. You can also mix mashed pumpkin through it. It's good with a spoonful of pesto (basil or the yummy sundried tomato stuff), and I love it half-and-half with yoghurt. Toasted cumin's good too...

[karika]

beans, oil (olive or sunflower, whichever I have) garlic cloves, salt. I like it rather plain I guess. If I had lemon I might try that... but usually if i buy a lemon it is used for a salmon or lemonade right away...

[kallyn]

I make a killer hummmus that I always bring to parties/holidays and people are always asking me for the recipe. I came up with it essentially trying to mimic the awesome hummus we used to get at a Lebanese restaurant.

You start out with:
2 heaping cups of chickpeas (I use the dried ones and I soak and sometimes sprout them, boil them until they're soft, and if I'm feeling ambitious I'll pick off the skins - not entirely necessary but makes it so smooth and creamy)
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup tahini (sesame seed butter)
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 small clove of garlic
good pinch of salt
a few tablespoons of warm water, optional

I usually process the chickpeas, tahini, garlic, and salt together first and then add in the lemon juice and the olive oil in a stream as the food processor motor is running.

Once you get it blended up you taste it and adjust the flavors as necessary until you like the balance. Once you get the flavor you want, adjust the consistency with the warm water.

For a fancy presentation, you can put it in a deep plate and make a little moat with the back of your spoon. Drizzle some extra virgin olive oil in the moat, sprinkle very lightly with paprika, and add a few kalamata olives and a pinch of parsley in the middle.

[Magelet]

I use a blender, so I start with the liquid ingrediants and small things: tahini, garlic cloves, lemon juice, bean cooking water and some salt. then I add the chickpeas.

[cristeen]

Chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, salt, garlic, olive oil, if I have it I'll add parsley. For me, the balance of lemon juice and salt has to be just right, or it tastes weird. And it needs WAY more salt than you would think. I don't really add any spices while making it, but I might add cumin or sumac to the dish when I spoon some out.

[LDSmomma]

I've been trying to make hummus for weeks, using dried beans, soaked & cooked at home rather than canned. I can't get the ratio of bean cooking liquid right. How much bean cooking liquid is required? I either got it so super chunky it was like dough, or like soup, which looked kind of like wood glue. Yuck.

[kallyn]

Originally Posted by LDSmomma

I've been trying to make hummus for weeks, using dried beans, soaked & cooked at home rather than canned. I can't get the ratio of bean cooking liquid right. How much bean cooking liquid is required? I either got it so super chunky it was like dough, or like soup, which looked kind of like wood glue. Yuck.

I cover the beans with several inches of water, then when they're cooked I drain them out.

[cristeen]

I don't add any cooking liquid to the puree. Between the tahini, the lemon juice and the olive oil, I have plenty of liquid for pureeing.

[LDSmomma]

Originally Posted by cristeen

I don't add any cooking liquid to the puree. Between the tahini, the lemon juice and the olive oil, I have plenty of liquid for pureeing.

Thanks!

[aussiemum]

My basic recipe for hummus:
1 tin (1 1/12 cups) of chickpeas, drained
2 minced cloves of garlic
Juice from 1/2 lemon
Olive oil (4-5 tbsp, added as needed)

I throw it all in the small bowl of my food processor and blend, adding olive oil as necessary. It's basic, but the kids love it as an after school snack with veggies, and it takes about 3 minutes to make.

Sometimes for parties we will add one or more of: chopped parsley, cumin, tahini, salt, pepper, or extra garlic. I'm somewhat traditional when it comes to hummus.