Gaia’s HUMMUS

INGREDIENTS

• 500 grams of chickpeas

• Half a cup of tahini spread

• 1 Squeezed lemon

• 1 Small pilled onion

• 1 Pilled garlic head

• 1 ts of backing soda

• Pinch of salt

• A pinch of white pepper

STEPS

• Soak the chickpeas in the water overnight (put twice water to cover the chickpeas).

• Rinse the chickpeas well in water.

• Put the chickpeas, onion and garlic head in cooking pot.

• Fill the cooking pot with water (almost to the end), and add the baking soda.

• Cook it until the water is boiled (clean the white foam created on the top).

• Reduce the heat and cook on low heat for about two hours.

• Chack if the chickpeas are soft (if not keep cooking).

• Let it cool for half an hour.

• Put the chickpeas (without the cooked water) together with the onion and garlic head in a food processor.

• Add half a cup of the cooked water of the chickpeas

• Operate the food processor until you get a smooth paste.

• If the paste is thick, add some more cooked water (a bit) and turn on again the food processor for 2 minutes.

• Add the tahini and lemon to the mix and turn the food processor on again until the pulp gets lighter in color.

• Add the salt and white pepper and turn the food processor on again for 1 minute.

• Taste and correct flavors until the taste is balanced.

• Serve the humus with some cooked chickpeas and olive oil on top.

A plate full of Gaia's Humus

Gaia's delicious Hummus