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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Lebanese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place chickpeas in a large bowl. Cover with cold water and place in the refrigerator. Soak for at least 24 hours or until tender. (You should be able to bite through a pea.) | 2. Drain. Place in a large pot and cover with two to three inches of water. Add 1 teaspoon salt. | 3. Bring to a boil. | 4. Reduce heat and simmer 2 to 3 hours or more until peas are soft and there is about 1 inch of thick broth. | 5. Add boiling water during cooking if water level gets to low. (This cooking process works well in a slow cooker.) | 6. When peas are soft, drain, reserving cooking liquid. | 7. For one batch of hummus place 2 cups softened peas, garlic, lemon juice, and tahini in the bowl of a food processor. Process adding broth a little at a time until well combined and creamy. | 8. Season with salt. Taste, add more salt and/or lemon juice, if necessary. | 9. Scrape into a serving bowl and drizzle with a little bit of olive oil. | 10. If you plan to make the hummus ahead of time, it should be slightly thinner than you want, as it will firm up as it sits. | 11. Place remaining cooked peas in a container with a tight-fitting lid. Cover with some of the cooking broth. Place in the freezer for later use. | 12. Other tips from Mazza's owner: The key is to use the dried beans and soak them. Don't use canned. | 13. Use tahini purchased at a Middle Eastern market. It will probably be fresher than those found at a grocery store. | 14. And one final tip for getting the hummus the "creamy" consistency: start by mixing the drier ingredients first. Then slowly add cooking liquid until it reaches the texture you want. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
garbanzo bean	1	bag	dried	-	-	-	-
water				-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2			-	-	-	-
lemon juice	2	tablespoons		6.71	2.1045	0.1067	0.0732
tahini sesame butter	3	tablespoons	stirred	256.5	11.7855	8.0145	21.6
olive oil				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.