Greek Hummus With 5 Variations

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (19 ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 540 ml
• 1/3 cup tahini
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 garlic cloves, minced

Recipe

• 1 in food processor, puree together chick peas, tahini, lemon juice, water, oil, cumin and salt until smooth; transfer to bowl.
• 2 stir in garlic, (hummus can be covered and refrigerated for up to 3 days.) makes 2 cups.
• 3 variations:.
• 4 herbed hummus: omit tahini and cumin. stir in 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley, 2 green onions, chopped, and 1 teaspoons dried oregano.
• 5 creamy hummus: omit tahini and cumin. stir in 1/4 cup herbed cream cheese, softened.
• 6 black olive hummus: stir in 1/4 cup chopped oil-cured black olives.
• 7 sun dried tomato hummus: omit tahini, cumin and salt. substitute sun dried tomato oil for olive oil and stir in 1/4 cup chopped drained oil packed sun dried tomatoes.
• 8 roasted red pepper hummus: omit tahini and cumin. blend in 1/4 cup chopped roasted red peppers.
• 9 canadian living cooks step by step daphna rabinovitch.