Recipe: Tasty Creamy and Smooth Hummus

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Creamy and Smooth Hummus. The Secret to Smooth and Creamy Hummus. For me, a good hummus has to be smooth and creamy, with a balance of smoky tahini, lemon juice, and salt. It doesn't need to have oil added to it, except a little on top, to be mixed in - or not - as desired.

Soaking dried chickpeas overnight is the secret to super smooth, creamy hummus.

My most favorite thing to make with dried chickpeas is hummus.

So creamy, so dreamy, so many feels for a humble little bean.

You can have Creamy and Smooth Hummus using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Creamy and Smooth Hummus

1. Prepare 1 cup of cooked chickpeas.

2. It’s 2 tbsp of water.

3. It’s 1 of lemon.

4. Prepare 2 of small pods of garlic.

5. It’s 2-3 tbsp of olive oil.

6. You need to taste of Salt.

7. Prepare of For garnish:.

8. It’s leaves of Fresh mint.

9. You need of Pomegranate seeds.

10. It’s of Olive oil.

11. Prepare of Sesame seeds.

I can (and have) eaten it by the spoonful, no edible vehicle needed.

For the smoothest hummus, remove skins on the chickpeas.

In a food processor, puree chickpeas, garlic cloves, lemon juice, tahini, salt and cumin.

A hallmark of great hummus is a smooth, creamy texture.

Creamy and Smooth Hummus step by step

1. Take boiled chickpeas in a bowl are remove the coating carefully. Note: Even though removing the chickpea coating is a little time consuming, but it helps to bring a beautiful creamy and smooth texture..

2. Put the chickpeas in a blender and blend..

3. Once slightly blended, add olive oil, garlic and salt and blend till smooth..

4. Now add 2/3 tbsp of cold water to the blender and blend again. Doing this will make your hummus a little more creamy..

5. Empty the hummus on a plate, garnish with olive oil, pomegranate seeds, sesame seeds and serve with fresh cucumber, pita bread or chips..

6. Note: Traditionally Tahini is also added to hummus. I skipped it in this recipe, but you can add that, too. Just blend roasted sesame seeds and vegetable oil in a blender, till smooth and your tahini paste would be ready..

And while there are plenty of recipes and methods out there to achieve this, there's one ingredient in particular that I'd been completely overlooking.

Do you know what it is?

For the uninitiated, aquafaba is simply the liquid you're left with after cooking legumes like chickpeas.

Whether you are entertaining a crowd, or craving a late-night snack, the ultimate go-to dip has to be classic smooth and creamy hummus.

Eating a well made hummus that is extra smooth and creamy with warm pita (preferably fresh) is one of life's great joys.