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Houmous

Houmous (or hummus or homos), is one of the famous and delicious lebanese "mézzés".

266,8724.2/5 for 17 ratings

Last modified on: September 13^th 2017

For 400 g, you will need:

1 400 g tinned (canned) chickpeas
2 1 lemon
3 3 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste)
4 1 garlic clove
5 fine (or table) salt
6 pepper
7 a little water
Total weight: 585 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
16 min.	16 min.

Keeping: several days in the fridge, protected by a plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

In the bowl of a mixer or blender, pour 400 g tinned (canned) chickpeas drained, juice of 1 lemon, 3 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste), 1 garlic clove in pieces, salt and pepper.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Switch on the mixer.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

During mixing, pour a trickle of cold water...

Stage 4

...until you get a smooth and even purée.

Check seasoning.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Put in small dishes with a dash of olive oil. Serve it with pitta bread (of course!) or toasted baguette slices.

Remarks

Quantities of olive oil, tahina (sesame paste) and lemon juice can be altered to taste.

If houmous is not being served immediately, it must be refrigerated with a fine coating of olive oil on top, in a sealed container otherwise it will darken. You can also add a little vitamin C.

Cooking tip: instead of water in step #3, you can use the water in the can of chickpeas.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
909 Kcal or 3,806 Kj	45 gr	92 gr	40 gr
45 %	17 %	9 %	6 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
155 Kcal or 649 Kj	8 gr	16 gr	7 gr
8 %	3 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 400 g : 1.76 €

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