Name: Bean Dip - Hummus
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 400 g chickpeas; 1 tbsp tahini; ½ clove garlic (crushed); 1 tsp olive oil; 1 tsp lemon juice (to taste); 1 pinch Salt (to taste); 1 pinch Pepper (to taste)

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Bean Dip - Hummus

A Middle Eastern dip that is ideal as a buffet recipe. This has to be one of the most popular dips around and always a hit.

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Course: Dips

Cuisine: Lebanese, Middle East, Syrian, Turkish

Keyword: Dips/Spreads

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

Servings: people

Calories: 71kcal

Ingredients

400 g chickpeas
1 tbsp tahini
½ clove garlic crushed
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp lemon juice to taste
1 pinch Salt to taste
1 pinch Pepper to taste

Instructions

Place the chickpeas or beans into a bowl or a food processor.
Blend or mash with a fork or masher (or the end of a rolling pin!) until the beans are a rough paste.
You can make it as smooth as you like.
Add the crushed garlic and tahini and mix well.
Add a teaspoon each of water, olive oil and lemon juice and mix well to get the right texture/consistency.
Keep adding water, oil and lemon until the dip is the texture and taste you want.
Add a little salt and pepper, to taste.