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Supremely Spicy Hummus

My Supremely Spicy Hummus recipe allows control the amount of heat depending on your preference. Unlike most hummus recipes, it doesn’t require any oil!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Supremely Spicy Hummus

Why it works: Chickpea and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Supremely Spicy Hummus

Serves 12
Prep10 min
Cook3 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

855Calories
26 gProtein
27 gFat
130 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Tahini1 tbsp (15g)89
Hummus1 tbsp (15g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Chickpea + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Chickpea + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together813 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Chickpea + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together78 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the tahini

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chickpea, sauce, sesame, garlic, lemon, pepper, cumin):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Tahinithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chickpea, sauce, sesame, garlic, lemon, pepper, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.