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hummus

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A delicious hummus made with chickpeas, garlic, lemon, and tahini, perfect for serving with pita bread.

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Recipe from JopkeB, Gidonb, De Wikischim and 24 other contributors (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Hummus (pronounced “goo-moes”) is a traditional dish made from chickpeas, often served with pita bread. Here’s how to make it easily at home.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodmixing
  • Estimated cost$1.59 $0.20 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

8 people
  • $0.10
  • $0.10
  • $0.52
  • $0.41
  • $0.19
  • $0.06
  • $0.21

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Drain the green beans and reserve the cooking water. ≈ 2 min
  2. Place them in a blender and mix them with 1 to 2 tablespoons of their juice until you have a smooth puree. ≈ 4 min
  3. Add the garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, and blend until smooth. ≈ 4 min
  4. Slowly pour in the olive oil. ≈ 3 min
  5. Add cumin and pepper, then finely chop them. ≈ 8 min
  6. Store it in the refrigerator before use.

The bill

hummus

  • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped roughly$0.10
  • 3 tablespoons of lemon juice$0.10
  • 4 tablespoons of tahini$0.52
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil$0.41
  • 1 tablespoon of ground cumin seeds$0.19
  • salt$0.06
  • ground black pepper$0.21

Total$1.59

that's $0.20 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • One package of 220 grams of green beans
  • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped roughly
  • 3 tablespoons of lemon juice
  • 4 tablespoons of tahini
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon of ground cumin seeds
  • salt
  • ground black pepper

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