Adventures with Hummus
Mar. 26th, 2011 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdeb...or how I made "hummus" the lazy, ignorant way.
"Lazy" means I didn't feel like going to the store. Which means that I made something with no tahini because I don't have any. I'd read that you can substitute sesame oil and/or peanut butter, both of which I had. I also had no lemons, but there was reconstituted lemon juice in the fridge.
"Lazy" also means I used canned chickpeas (= garbanzo beans) instead of dried and garlic powder instead of garlic cloves.
"Ignorant" means, well, I believe I've already mentioned peanut butter.
I also didn't use a food processor because of both laziness and ignorance. The food processor is harder to wash--not to mention finding all the parts for it and putting them together--than the blender, which is sitting on the counter ready to go. I do not know how to work Robin's food processor anyway, nor do I care (see laziness again).
2 cans chickpeas
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2/3 cup peanut butter
2 T sesame oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 cup water
1/2 tsp cumin
I drained the cans of chickpeas and poured one in the blender. Then I put in all the remaining non-chickpea ingredients. Then I put the last can of chickpeas on top.
I turned on the blender. The bottom seemed to be blending in, the top was sitting there, relaxing. (Actually, it was at this point that I added the second half cup of water, thinking it would help. It didn't.) I mixed the chickpeas and the mush and blended some more. Then repeated the mixing and blending a couple more times.
So, what did I end up with*?
I got a substance that was completely edible. Tasty even. Yea! I figured there'd be a few whole garbanzo beans swimming around in there, and decided I would be fine with that, but mostly it's just smooth.
But next time:
* more lemon juice (maybe even directly from lemons)
* tahini (sesame seed paste) instead of peanut butter and sesame oil; I know Wheatsville has it
* more garlic/garlic powder
* more cumin
* some salt (I was afraid to put any in because the peanut butter has some salt)
I'm calling it a victory because a) I'm going to eat it and b) I'm psyched to do better next time (rather than so demoralized that I'll never try it again). Not yet party-grade, though.
(P.S., I would take a picture, but it looks exactly like hummus.)
* Heh, I ended a sentence with two prepositions! ("Up with what did I end?" just didn't sound right.) This is all in keeping with the ignorance theme, though.
"Lazy" means I didn't feel like going to the store. Which means that I made something with no tahini because I don't have any. I'd read that you can substitute sesame oil and/or peanut butter, both of which I had. I also had no lemons, but there was reconstituted lemon juice in the fridge.
"Lazy" also means I used canned chickpeas (= garbanzo beans) instead of dried and garlic powder instead of garlic cloves.
"Ignorant" means, well, I believe I've already mentioned peanut butter.
I also didn't use a food processor because of both laziness and ignorance. The food processor is harder to wash--not to mention finding all the parts for it and putting them together--than the blender, which is sitting on the counter ready to go. I do not know how to work Robin's food processor anyway, nor do I care (see laziness again).
2 cans chickpeas
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2/3 cup peanut butter
2 T sesame oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 cup water
1/2 tsp cumin
I drained the cans of chickpeas and poured one in the blender. Then I put in all the remaining non-chickpea ingredients. Then I put the last can of chickpeas on top.
I turned on the blender. The bottom seemed to be blending in, the top was sitting there, relaxing. (Actually, it was at this point that I added the second half cup of water, thinking it would help. It didn't.) I mixed the chickpeas and the mush and blended some more. Then repeated the mixing and blending a couple more times.
So, what did I end up with*?
I got a substance that was completely edible. Tasty even. Yea! I figured there'd be a few whole garbanzo beans swimming around in there, and decided I would be fine with that, but mostly it's just smooth.
But next time:
* more lemon juice (maybe even directly from lemons)
* tahini (sesame seed paste) instead of peanut butter and sesame oil; I know Wheatsville has it
* more garlic/garlic powder
* more cumin
* some salt (I was afraid to put any in because the peanut butter has some salt)
I'm calling it a victory because a) I'm going to eat it and b) I'm psyched to do better next time (rather than so demoralized that I'll never try it again). Not yet party-grade, though.
(P.S., I would take a picture, but it looks exactly like hummus.)
* Heh, I ended a sentence with two prepositions! ("Up with what did I end?" just didn't sound right.) This is all in keeping with the ignorance theme, though.