Plant-based Protein

How to Make Hummus

Name: How to Make Hummus
Total time: 13 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Arabic
Ingredients: 14 ozs chickpeas (dried); 3 garlic cloves; 2 lemons (juice); salt; 0.25 tsp Cumin; 6 ozs Tahini (from a jar); 3 Tbsps olive oil; 1 sprig Lovage (for garnish); 1 Tbsp Pine nuts

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100 / 100

Difficulty:

easy

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Preparation:

20 min.

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Chickpeas provide plenty of vegetable protein, iron and magnesium. We need protein to maintain and build muscles, iron for blood formation and oxygen transport and magnesium for strong nerves.

The chickpeas will be even softer if you add some baking powder to the spring water.

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Ingredients: 14 ozs chickpeas (dried); 3 garlic cloves; 2 lemons (juice); salt; ¼ tsp Cumin; 6 ozs Tahini (from a jar); 3 Tbsps olive oil; 1 sprig Lovage (for garnish); 1 Tbsp Pine nuts

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chickpeas olive oil Pine nuts garlic clove lemon salt

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Preparation steps

Step 1:

Soak chickpeas in water overnight. Drain chickpeas and remove peels. Place chickpeas in a saucepan and cover with water and simmer for about 40 minutes.

Drain chickpeas in a colander and rinse with cold water.

Step 2:

Puree chickpeas in a food processor. Peel garlic and squeeze cloves through a press and mix with salt. Mix garlic, salt, chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, olive oil and cumin. Season with salt to taste. Cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.

Step 3:

To serve, place hummus in a bowl and garnish with lovage and pine nuts.