# Teach me to make hummus please? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-to-make-hummus-please/333009 "2005-11-28T04:00:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-to-make-hummus-please/333009/21 "2005-11-28T19:50:19Z")
No no no no, you’re all wrong. It _has_ to have tahini. But the mistake most people make is to put too much in. Sesame has a very strong taste, so should be used sparingly. My own personal recipe, which takes two minutes, is easy as anything, and makes great hummus (IMO): 1 can chickpeas. 1 clove raw garlic. 1 dessert spoon tahini. 1 dessert spoin olive oil. 1 lemon. 2 tsp cumin powder. Strain the chickpeas, but reserve the brine. Juice the lemon and throw the rest away. Drop all the ingredients apart from the brine into a food processor (or a large pestle and mortar if you’re feeling energetic) and blitz. Then add a few spoonfuls of the chickpea brine and blitz again if you need to loosen it up a bit. Pour into a bowl, smooth out, sprinkle with more cumin and a slice of lemon. Voila. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-to-make-hummus-please/333009/22 "2005-11-28T19:54:55Z")
> [@The Big Cheese](#): > > And might I suggest Athenos Roasted Red Pepper Hummus. mmm… They’re good, but I like Cedar’s even more. They have a delicious roasted red pepper variety, as well as a roasted garlic flavor that is wonderful and gives you atomic garlic breath. I want some right now. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-to-make-hummus-please/333009/23 "2005-11-29T04:37:50Z")
I actually came here to ask if anyone has had a chunky Hummus. As a student my Hebrew teacher – born and raised in Israel – brought the first hummus I’d ever had and called it Chomos (gutteral ch). It was a typical paste but slightly soupier with chick pease, garlic, onions and other stuff I can’t remember. Has anyone had such a Hummus? It was magnificent. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-to-make-hummus-please/333009/24 "2005-11-29T06:17:47Z")
Around here hummus tends to be about three to four dollars for a tiny little tub, as opposed to about a dollar for two cups if you make your own. I prefer to make it, partly because I’m twoo stingy to spend eight bucks for a decent amount, and partly because they never put enough garlic in the store stuff. Black bean and roasted pepper hummus, yum. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-to-make-hummus-please/333009/25 "2005-11-29T14:13:40Z")
I misread the title as: Teach me to make Humans please? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-to-make-hummus-please/333009.md?page=1)