# Houmous

It is a Middle Eastern dish made from chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and spices, that is used as dip, spread, or side dish.

- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 gr dried chickpeas
- 200 gr tahini
- 100 gr ice cubes
- 1 CAC cumin seeds
- 1 CAC baking soda
- 10 cl lemon juice
- 3 unit garlic cloves
- 1 CAS salt
- 200 gr sesame seeds
- 300 gr sesame seeds
- 2 CAS vegetable oil

## Instructions

1. Soak the dried chickpeas in a large volume of water all night or all day
2. Drain your chickpeas and rinse carefully
3. Season the chickpeas with a teaspoon of cumin seeds and a teaspoon of baking soda
4. Cover up to 5 cm above the chickpeas, mix a little and cook over medium heat, about 45 minutes, covered.
5. If you want to make your own sesame cream, in a robot, put the sesame seeds through the blade of your robot. From time to time stop to scrape the edges and let your robot breathe a little. You will help with a little vegetable oil with a neutral taste
6. After 45 minutes of cooking, drain and let cool the chickpeas
7. Take advantage of it to prepare the lemon juice you will need
8. Put them in a large cold bath to degas a maximum of skin.
9. You mix a last time until it is smooth. You will incorporate 100 grams of ice. The ice is what will transform the texture of your chickpea puree to make a well-creamy houmous
10. After modifying the texture of your houmous with the ice, you will incorporate 200 grams of sesame cream
11. Add the lemon juice, 3 cloves of garlic and 2 teaspoons of salt
12. Mix a last time until it is smooth
13. Serve with a drizzle of olive oil, cumin, and aromatic herbs

## Equipment

- pot
- colander
- food processor

## Tips

- Serve with olive oil, cumin, paprika, parsley.
- You can keep tahini in your cupboard for weeks or even months

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/Fx8xCO9xD9g?si=kX87rlgtuZPL8iiI
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b31b2a0a-e58f-45c3-8619-d58efbc7b78d
- Extracted: 2025-03-27

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