Okay, so I got it down pat on how to do this hummus thing. I hope you like it ’cause that’s what we’ll be doing here today, folks. I’ll trust you washed your hands before you came into my kitchen. So. Let’s grab yourself an apron and get started…
Food processor, bowl and metal spoon with holes in it
Here’s your equipment for making the hummus. You’ll also need a stove and a pressure cooker but we’ll get to that later. Be patient. As you can see, I’ve got a little wear on my food processor. Never mind that. It’s only carrots. Again, I’m using the salad bowl ’cause I ain’t had time to go buy anything else, okay? This ain’t my regular kitchen and given the time I had to be back on the shopping bus when I did buy the salad bowl, I grabbed the only thing I could find. (Throwing my hand on my hip) Now, I’m sure you knew you at least needed a stove. If not, you’re a lot worse off than I thought but let’s hope you’re not ’cause if you came here to learn how to really cook, I’m sorry, folks, you’ve stumbled yourself onto the wrong blog. I’m just gonna tell you like it is. I don’t believe in wasting folks’ time. Know what I’m saying?
White vinegar, Tahini, Salt, Soaking Chickpeas, Garlic and Lemon
Here are your ingredients, obviously. Need I say more?
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In case you’re worse off than me in the kitchen, this is a demo of a pressure cooker on the stove. You want those chickpeas to be pressured in that cooker for about 45 minutes. For you Rachel Ray fans looking for a 30 minute dish, go on back over to her site ’cause 45 is more than 30, okay? But it’s not like you’ve gotta stand over the cooker. Set your timer. You also need to add in your salt before you get those peas to cooking, alright? Don’t even ask me how much. I don’t remember, so use your good judgement. Besides, you know how your tastebuds work better than I do. I really shouldn’t have to tell you everything. (Clicking my tongue and rolling the neck)
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I forgot to photo the part where I put the cooked peas in the food processor. Use your imagination, okay? Now, you want those peas ground up in that processor real fine. And I hope you boiled those peas 45 minutes like I told you. You don’t want to use no regular pot like I did the first time, with some half-boiled peas and your hummus ends up tasting like cement. Uh uh, you don’t want that at all! I’m here to tell ya.
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Hummus all mixed up
I know. This bowl looks real clean for me to have mixed up all those ingredients in here, right? For presentation sake, this is how it looks. Now, you wanna grate you up a few garlic cloves in there. I can’t tell you how many ’cause that all depends on how much you like garlic. You also want about…Shit, I can’t tell you how much of nothing to add since I didn’t tell you how many cups of peas or servings I was making. Hell, I don’t even remember, which is why I’m not a chef or trying to be one. Just mix the suff up ’til it’s got about this consistency and you’ll be fine.
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Hummus and Carrot Sticks
Okay, so this ain’t no food photography class. I never said I was good at photographing nothing, did I? But I’m telling you, this hummus is good. It doesn’t matter how pretty you cut the carrots, alright? You still have to chew’em up. What matters is how the food tastes and that I made this dish over here in the middle of the east. ’Til next time, y’all. (wink, wink)
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Thanks, Twin. Stay cool.
U be safe on your way home.
Thank you. I’m trying not to count down since I still have some time to go but I’m so ready to see home.
I don’t have a pressure cooker, but it sounds like it’s absolutely required. ??? I guess I’ll have to buy my hummus at the deli.
Yummy! I haven’t made hummus in quite a while — I need to remedy that!
You’ll love it. I may make some this weekend.
I’ve always wondered what this hummus stuff was. Now I know. Yuk.
Yuk? Nooooo…
Another great one, my pressure cooker hasn’t been used in years. Now I have a reason to take it out and dust it off. Thanks!
Yep, take out that pressure cooker and whip some up for Hubby.
You’re welcome.
Hummus is an acquired taste kinda like Baba Ganoush….but you did good. Congrats!
Thank you.
You think it’s acquired? The first time I had hummus, I thought, “Man, I’ve been missing this all these years?!” Loved it right away. I guess there are other type peas that can be used. Maybe you know better than I do.
I guess it depends on the people….I tried humus in my cafe years ago and it was not very popular…..I have tried a similar dish with black eye peas or cow peas….some call it cowboy caviar…it was more popular…..but I agree…it is yummy.
Well Totsy, that kind of recipe instructions with ingredients and measurements is just like all those recipes my Gramma used to give us. I guess that’s why we all have good imaginations, even if it takes a few dozen stabs at getting it right.
See, the one thing about Hummus you didn’t tell all your fine readers is, well, maybe it’s not a good idea, no matter how delicious, to eat a bunch of the stuff a few hours before, if you have to stand up in public and give a speech to a crowd that is real quiet, or if you have to sit real quiet in a room full of people, cuz, well, … it’s not polite to say on a fine food cooking blog like this.
I’ve really missed coming by your place!
Sounds like you’re recollecting a very personal experience there, Phil.
Glad to see you again. I hope all’s well and you’re beating the heat.
I’d rather be forgetting a very personal experience there, Totsy…
In hell, they say that it’s hotter than Washington DC…
It’s okay. It happens to the best of us. Not me though.
I hear red beans and rice ain’t no joke.
Black Beans are my nemesis….LOL
I love hummus. But I don’t have a pressure cooker. I do have a blender and that probably works okay for more than making frozen margaritas. I’m gonna just ask one question. Where do you get raw chickpeas?
In the states, I’ve bought them from Asian grocers. You don’t have to have a pressure cooker but it expedites the process.
I love hummus, although I’ll admit to buying it rather than making it most of the time because those canned chick peas really don’t taste as nice and I’ve got no attachment to steaming up my kitchen it’s humid enough here thank you. As far as recipes go I contend that all recipes are lies. You’re going to mess about with them and adjust to your taste anyway so why not just start there, just like you’re doing. Go for it!
Well, try it when the weather’s cooled off. You’ll love it.
Intersting that you’re using vinegar?? I make hummous quite often but use olive oil… the finest yo can buy… Yum! yum!
It seems vinegar and lemon is a common ingredient. Granted, this I learned from a Sudanese woman but it’s almost standard, even in Syria.
MMMMM…looks tasty.
And it is too.
Hummus just seems so essentially and basically nourshing to me in a desert climate, Tots. Thanks SO MUCH for being so generaous with your time and your photos to teach us how to make our own!
And the price is right too. The dishes are not only simply and nourishing but economical too. There’s a Syrian woman here who’ll be giving me a recipe too. Now, this dish, I could eat for days.
I love hummus, and we always make it homemade but with canned chick peas. I always wanted a pressure cooker since as a veg I eat lots of beans, but I haven’t bothered yet. Maybe it will be the next thing…Thanks, Tots!
I’m not supposed to eat canned goods, so from scratch it is. Not too bad using the pressure cooker… You’re welcome.
I looooooove hummus! I don’t have all that fancy equipment to make it – I buy some great stuff in the store.
Yah to what Jueseppi said – pay close attention. I kinda like having you around!
Well, you can try mine.
Yep, I’m being safe. Thank you.
Totsy, I love hummus–but I love your cooking blog even more! I have never been so entertained. I hope you keep these recipes coming. It don’t matter if you’ve never made it before, just bring it on. I love it! Also, please add a Pinterest button to your blog so that I can save the recipes on my Pinterest recipe board. That would be awesome!
Thanks, Monica. I’ll try to figure how to put the Pinterest button on the blog. I don’t recall ever going to that website, although I’ve heard of it. Will try to take of that tomorrow, after I’m rested. Glad you enjoy the recipes.
Totsy, I don’t enjoy the recipes. I LOVE them! I’ve been sharing your recipes with my friends in the office. Trisha was laughing so hard over the hummus she nearly fell out of her chair!
Thank you so much, Monica. Now, I’m laughing at your co-worker. You ladies are having too much fun at work.