Easy and Best Hummus Recipe | Quick and Tasty Hummus Recipe | स्वादिस्ट हम्मूस

Hummus is a levantine spread or dip popular in Middle East and Mediterranean cuisines. Walk into any Lebanese Restaurant and this is the first thing you would notice apart from Shawarma rotisserie. You must have loved the taste and wondered about the land where people get to eat it on a daily basis.
But guys as alien as the name sounds, the ingredients are fairly common in most of Indian kitchens and the recipe is equally easy, just like chutney.

Hummus

Recipe:
Ingredients:

1. Chhole (Chickpeas) or Kabuli Chane : 1 cup
2. Til-dhule huye (Tahini or Sesame seeds) : 1/4 cup
3. Garlic : 5-6 cloves
4. Cumin Powder : 1/2 teaspoon
5. Lemon Juice : 5 teaspoon
6. Olive Oil : 1/4 cup
7. Olive (green) : 3
8. Salt : To your taste

Preparation:

• Soak the chickpeas in water for around 4 or 5 hours. You may soak it in warm water for better and faster results.
• Boil the chickpeas keep them aside.
• Next, lightly roast the tahini/sesame seeds in pan on low flame. take them off the flame once they start bursting or when it turns golden. 
• Grind the roasted sesame seeds into a paste.
• Now add boiled chickpeas into the grinding jar
• Add cumin powder, garlic, lemon juice, and salt into the jar
• Add 2-3 spoon olive oil
• Also add a few olives into the jar. This is optional, but it would greatly enhance the flavor.
• Grind all of the together into a paste like a chutney.
• Take it out in a bowl and top it up with rest of olive oil.
• Your Hummus is ready. 
• For garnishing and extra flavor you may add Paprika (red bell pepper powder) and Za'atar powder.
• Enjoy it with Pita Bread, Falafel or Za'atar Naan.