Hummus & Pitta Bread Recipe

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Real Hummus recipe

To solve the gas problem, BTW, you should soak the chickpeas in clean water for 10-15hours, switch them at list once, and take off the foam that appears over the boiling water

during the cooking That!s all "and if you!re e#tra sensitive, put one bay leave into the

cooking pot$

%lso, washing the chickpeas well between every two steps of the making, will help you leave

out the aftertastes

Ingredients

&' e#tra-large bowls of (ummus)1 cups dried chickpeas "the smallest you can find$

1*+ cup tahini

uice from 1 suee.ed lemons

1-+ garlic cloves

1*+ teaspoon cumin

1 tablespoon / 1*-1*' teaspoon baking soda

salt

olive oil

parsley

How do I make that into Hummus? (Directions)

&Brut 10-+0 hours 2et 30 minutes)

1 4oor the chickpeas over a large plate o over them and look for damaged grains small

stones, or any other thing you would rather leave out of the plate

+ Wash the chickpeas several times, until the water is transparent 6oak them in clean water

over night with 1 tablespoon of baking soda Then, wash it, and soak again in tap water for a

few more hours The grains should absorb most of the water and almost double their volume

3 Wash the chickpeas well and put them in a large pot 7over with water, add the rest bakingsoda and 28 salt 7ook until the grains are very easily smashed when pressed between two

fingers 9t should take around 1-15 hours, during which it is advised to switch the water once

again, and remove the peels and foam which float over the cooking water When done, sieve

the grains and keep the cooking water

' 4ut the chickpeas into a food processor and grind well :eave it to chill a little while before

you continue

5 %dd the tahini and the rest of the ingredients and go on with the food processor until you

get the desired te#ture 9f the (umus is too thick, add some of the cooking water 9t should be

thinner than the actual desired te#ture

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6erve with some good olive oil and chopped parsley

Quick Tahini Recipe

Tahini is very simple and easy to make. Do it or a ew times and you!re "ound to get tothe desired lavor and te#ture. $nly make sure you are using the "est raw tahini you

can.

Tahini is a thick dip, made of raw tahini which is a sesame paste 9t is eaten with hummus, all

sorts of salads, burgers and meet, and go wonderfully with many kinds of casseroles

4reparation takes only about 5 minutes, and if you use uality ingredients you can!t go wrong

9t is especially important to use the best raw tahini product you can lay hands on The best

brands are those coming from the %rab city of 2ablus "6hechem$, and around ;urope and the


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• 3 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

• 1 1*+ teaspoons white sugar

• 1 1*+ teaspoons active dry yeast

Directions

1 4lace all ingredients in bread pan of your bread machine, select Aough setting and

start When dough has risen long enough, machine will beep

+ Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface ently roll and stretch dough into a 1+ inch

rope With a sharp knife, divide dough into pieces >oll each into a smooth ball

With a rolling pin, roll each ball into a to C inch circle 6et aside on a lightly floured

countertop cover with a towel :et pitas rise about 30 minutes until slightly puffy

3 4reheat oven to 500 degrees @ "+0 degrees 7$ 4lace + or 3 pitas on a wire cake rack

4lace cake rack directly on oven rack Bake pitas ' to 5 minutes until puffed and tops

begin to brown >emove from oven and immediately place pitas in a sealed brown paper bag or cover them with a damp kitchen towel until soft 8nce pitas a softened,

either cut in half or split top edge for half or whole pitas They can be stored in a

plastic bag in the refrigerator for several days or in the free.er for 1 or + months

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