From: Zaitoun p. 22
Tags: middle eastern, side
Last Made: Feb. 6, 2025
Scott:
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Ingredients

  • 250 g chickpeas, dried (1 1/4 cup)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 3 cloves garlic, rushed
  • 6 Tbs lemon juice
  • 3/4 cup tahini (180 g)
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 ice cubes
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • z'atar, paprika, or cumin to serve

Steps

Soak chickpeas overnight. Drain chickpeas. Add baking soda and water and simmer. Simmer 40 min. Drain. Process with garlic, lemon juice, tahini, cumin, salt. Add ice cubes and process 2 minutes until creamy. Adjust to taste Cool to room temperature for 1 hour. Serve topped with olive oil and seasoning

Comments

    scott @ Dec. 25, 2020, 2:09 p.m.
    Delicious but a little dry
    scott @ Oct. 28, 2022, 3:17 p.m.
    It's better now. I don't think I changed the recipe, but the tahini I'm using now is more liquid than the previous version