Egyptian Escape - Lemony Houmous
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 5 mins
In Arabic, houmous means chickpeas. Find out more about this delicious dip and Egyptian cookery in this week's Kids Cook Box.
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Ingredients you'll need
- A 400g tin of chickpeas
- 2 lemons
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- A 40g sachet of tahini
From your kitchen
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp water
- A pinch of sea salt
Step by step this way
- 1.
Drain your chickpeas. Rinse well. Place in a saucepan with enough fresh water to cover them. Peel your garlic clove. Add it. Bring to the boil. Lower heat. Cook 5 mins.
- 2.
Drain. Spoon into a food processor or blender with the juice from one lemon, tahini, the olive oil, water, cumin and a pinch of sea salt.
- 3.
Blend till smooth. Taste. Add more lemon, salt or cumin if you like. Chill till ready to serve.
- 4.
No food processor or blender? Simply smash the warmed chickpeas with the other ingredients in a large bowl using a potato masher or the bottom of a clean jam jar.
- 5.
HISTORY Hummus is an Arabic word meaning "chickpeas." The earliest known recipes for the dip were found in 13th century cookbooks from Egypt’s capital city, Cairo.
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