Hummus, Homemade the Easy Way

Living in the Middle East, most of us love hummus. We are blessed with countless restaurants where we can enjoy wonderful hummus in all its variations.

Sometimes, though, I make hummus at home; I take a short cut, and use canned garbanzo beans  – surely the hummus experts would shake their heads in dismay if they read what I just wrote – but the results are really good – and the preparation time is less than 5 minutes, using a food processor.

You can make the hummus as smooth or as chunky as you like

Ingredients:

• can of garbanzo beans
• 1-2 cloves of garlic
• lemon juice to taste
• techina (tahini) – as much as you like
• salt
• olive oil
• flat-leaf parsley – as much as you like (optional)
• paprika to sprinkle on top

Preparation:

1. Drain the can of garbanzo beans. Pour the drained beans into the food processor (I usually save a few garbanzo beans to put on top of the hummus when serving.)
2. Add garlic, lemon, techina (tahini), salt, olive oil, and parsley (optional).
3. Blend to as smooth a mixture as you like.
4. Taste and adjust seasoning.
5. Put in serving dish. On top, for decoration, put the reserved garbanzo beans, pour some olive oil on top of that, sprinkle with paprika, and if desired, sprinkle some finely chopped parsley.
6. Serve with warm pita!