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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Lebanese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. preheat oven to 300 degrees and put oven rack in center of oven. | 2. rinse garbanzo beans and take out any stones, dirt and bad beans. | 3. add beans and water to saucepan with lid. | 4. bring beans to boil and then simmer, covered, for 45 minutes. | 5. while beans are boiling, spread seeds on cookie sheet and toast in oven for 8-12 minutes until they are dark brown but not black. (watch closely after first 5 minutes to make sure they don't burn--they go from dark brown to black VERY QUICKLY). | 6. remove seeds and put in very large deep bowl IMMEDIATELY so they don't burn. | 7. while beans are boiling, peel all of the garlic in the head of garlic and slice thin. | 8. place garlic and oil in small frying pan and saute over medium heat until light golden brown (about 5 minutes). | 9. add garlic and oil to sesame seed bowl. | 10. remove beans from the heat. | 11. take 1/2 cup of bean water and put in with the seeds and garlic. | 12. puree the seeds and garlic until smooth and no more seeds are whole. | 13. ** if using food processor, make sure liquid doesn't go above the blade top. | 14. add garbanzo beans to the seeds and puree until smooth. | 15. stir in remaining ingredients. | 16. taste hummus and adjust ingredients as desired. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
garbanzo bean	1 1/2	cups	cooked	1134.0	188.85	61.41	18.12
water	5	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sesame seed	2/3	cup	raw	912.0	41.903999999999996	28.496	76.8
garlic	1	head		-	-	-	-
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
lemon juice	6	tablespoons		20.13	6.3135	0.3202	0.2196
cumin	1	tablespoon		22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
sea salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

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