Making delicious hummus from scratch is so easy and cheap that you will never want to buy store bought hummus again! Follow my recipe to make the traditional hummus that is the best creamy hummus! Making hummus from dried chickpeas is such an affordable food!
What is hummus?
Hummus is a creamy spread and dip that is often found in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine. The word hummus is the Arabic term for the legume pea called chickpea. The base of hummus is chickpeas, lemon, tahini, garlic, and olive oil. Hummus is packed with protein and fiber because the main ingredient is chickpeas. Chickpeas offer a great source of vitamins, protein, and fiber so it is often stated that hummus is a very healthy food option and healthy plant-based protein. A cup of chickpea provides approximately 10 grams of protein. Because chickpeas are high in protein, high in fiber, and provides complex carbs, it is great at satisfying your appetite and keeping your cravings at bay to help you maintain your body weight. Complex carbs stabilize your blood sugar, so it prevents your body from having sugar crashes and feeling tired. All these factors make hummus a great food to add into your diet!
Hummus is served with pita bread in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine, but it can be eaten with just about anything! I enjoy eating my hummus with Veggie Straws in the sea salt flavor. Veggie Straws chip have 30% less fat than regular potato chips but has the same crunchy chip texture. It is a great alternative to chips or pita bread if you are calorie conscious. If you want an extra healthy snack, enjoy your hummus with fresh vegetables such as carrots or celery.
To make creamy hummus at home, you will be needing a food processor or a high performance powder blender. Regular blenders may not be powerful enough to cream the chickpeas to make the extra creamy texture.
The difference between a regular blender and a powder blender is that powder blenders are specifically designed to pulverize and cream just about anything. Powder blenders are designed to maintain torque and cool temperature so it can handle tough ingredients. It is designed to give the you the smoothest texture when blending ingredients, so soups, smoothies, and ice cream are often blended in a high performance power blender. A brand of high performance powder blender that I recommend is the Vitamix. I own one myself. The Vitamix is easy to clean, gives the smoothest texture to anything I blend, and has a great warranty.
Another highly reviewed powder blender is the Ninja Blender, but I have not personally used it myself.
Hummus Recipe, Homemade Hummus with Dry Chickpeas
Serving Size = 5 cups
Ingredients
2 cups dry chickpeas
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
water
½ a lemon’s juice
3 tablespoon tahini
3 garlic cloves
½ cup water
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon ground cumin
OPTIONAL: cayenne pepper, as garnish
Step 1
Prep the chickpeas by putting 2 cups of dried chickpeas into a large bowl or container. Add water until it covers all the chickpeas and is at least 2 inches above the chickpeas. Let them soak overnight in the refrigerator.
Step 2
Drain the chickpeas. Pour the drained chickpeas into a large pot with 2 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of baking soda. Fill your pot with clean water. Place your pot on a stove and bring the pot to boil. Once the water boils, bring the heat down to medium-low temperature and let the pot with chickpeas boil for 1 hour until chickpeas are soft.
Step 3
Drain the pot of cooked chickpeas and let it cool down to room temperature.
Step 4
In a food processor or powder blender, add the cooked chickpeas, squeeze half a lemon’s juice, 3 tablespoon tahini, 3 garlic cloves, ½ cup of water, and 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil. Blend until smooth. Remember to stop the food processor or powder blender occasionally to scrap down the sides. If the hummus is too thick, add more water to get your desired texture.
Step 5
Add 1 tablespoon of ground cumin to your hummus and give it a final blend to evenly distribute the cumin.
OPTIONAL: When serving your hummus, drizzle olive oil and garnish with cayenne pepper for the pop of color and little spice.
Hummus Recipe, Homemade Hummus with Dried Chickpeas
Equipment
- food processor or powder blender
Ingredients
- 2 cup dried chickpeas
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- water to soak chickpeas
- ½ lemon juice
- 3 tablespoon tahini
- 3 cloves garlic
- ½ cup water
- ⅓ cup olive oil extra virgin
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- OPTIONAL cayenne pepper as garnish
Instructions
- Prep your chickpeas by putting 2 cups of dried chickpeas into a large bowl or container. Add water until it covers all the chickpeas and is at least 2 inches above the chickpeas. Let them soak overnight in the refrigerator.
- Drain your chickpeas. Pour the drained chickpeas into a large pot with 2 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of baking soda. Fill your pot with clean water. Place your pot on a stove and bring the pot to boil. Once the water boils, bring the heat down to medium-low temperature and let the pot with chickpeas boil for 1 hour until chickpeas are soft.
- Drain the pot of cooked chickpeas and let it cool down to room temperature.
- In a food processor or powder blender, add the cooked chickpeas,squeeze half a lemon’s juice, 3 tablespoon tahini, 3 garlic cloves, ½ cup of water,and 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil. Blend until smooth. Remember to stop the food processor or powder blender occasionally to scrap down the sides. If the hummus is too thick, add more water to get your desired texture.
- Add 1 tablespoon of ground cumin to your hummus and give it a final blend to evenly distribute the cumin.
- OPTIONAL: When serving your hummus, drizzle olive oil and garnish with cayenne pepper for the pop of color and little spice.
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