Hummus

Name: Hummus
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup Dry Chickpeas, Soaked Overnight And Cooked According To Instructions Below (or Sub Canned); 1 teaspoon Baking Soda; 2 whole Ice Cubes; ¼ cups Fat-free Yogurt; ¼ cups Tahini; 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice (or To Taste); 2 cloves Garlic, Skin Removed And Crushed; 1 teaspoon Sea Salt (or To Taste); ¼ teaspoons Freshly Ground Paprika Plus More For Garnish; ¼ teaspoons Ground Cumin (optional), Plus More For Garnish; 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive, Plus More Oil For Drizzle

This hummus recipe is prepared the way hummus-obsessed Middle Easterners, Greeks, Egyptians and Lebanese people like it. A quick, easy and simple hummus with a secret ingredient.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients

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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 ↓

Hummus

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

925Calories

41 gProtein

26 gFat

133 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chickpea	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	134
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Tahini	1 tbsp (15g)	89
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Chickpea + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together473 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,082 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Chickpea + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together813 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Chickpea + olivetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,015 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

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