Best Hummus Recipe

 

Best Hummus Recipe

Turkish Style Hummus Recipe (Hatay Usulü Humus)

Everyone knows "Hummus". It is an incredibly popular Middle Eastern dip and spread and most popular dish of the Mediterranean diet. Creamy, flavourful hummus with warm pita bread (pide) or crisp crackers appears on nearly every traditional side dish (meze/mezze) or appetizer platter throughout the Anatolia (Turkey), particularly in the southeast part of Turkey near the Iraq and Syrian cointries borders where the first Garbonza beans (chickpeas) were domesticated during Neolithic times.

Gluten free, nut free, and dairy free hummus is an amazing side dish (mezze) and 100% vegetarian food. Maybe, it is one of the most important, healthiest and tastiest dishes of the Mediterranean diet. In this post we are going to share our "Hummus Recipe" with you. There are many different types of hummus recipes in Turkey and through out the Mediterranean region. Our "Hatay City Style Hummus Recipe" is very unique and delicious. In this post, we are sharing "Hatay City Style Hummus Recipe / Hatay Usulü Humus" with you. It takes abit more time than the others but it is so delicious.

Homemade Hummus

What is Hummus! 

Hummus is an ancient recipe straight the Middle East and Mediterranean regions. It is a combination of Garbanzo beans (chickpeas), tahini, lemon juice and smashed garlics pureed into a paste and spread on bread, chips of varying types and vegetables. There are so many forms of hummus in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions. Also, in the United States of America and other western countries, hummus takes a great many forms too. Thanks to benefit of hummus, you can improve your bone, muscle, skin, and blood health. Also it can help you lose weight. Briefly, hummus is an amazing healthy food.   

10 Surprising Health Benefits of Hummus!

Hummus dish has explore in popularity over the last few years. It is a relatively simple dish to make, you can make it taste like anything, and it is actually not all that bad for you. Bye the way, "Did you know that hummus can actually be healthy?" Here are some of the benefits of hummus; 

1. Hummus can help improve your bone, muscle, skin, and blood health: Hummus has a high amount of protein. Protein is an essential building block in bone, muscle, skin, and blood health. Also, both chickpeas and tahini contain calcium which, as we all know, helps contribute to good bone health. 
2. It can help lower your cholesterol. 
3. Thanks to hummus high fiber content, one of the benefits of hummus is that it can keep your digestive track regular. It is an effective and delicious way to get more fiber into your diet and fiber itself has other health benefits like helping to prevent heart disease. 
4. It can also help prevent cancer: Another common health benefit of beans in general are their cancer preventing properties. Hummus is a really good fighter of cancer. 
5. It can help alleviate anemia: Garbanzo beans (chickpeas) and sesame seed paste (tahini) are also good sources of iron which helps deliver oxygen to red blood cells. When you have a deficiency in iron, you get can anemia and thus consuming things with iron wil help relieve that deficiency. 
6. It can help you lose weight: Hummus is traditionally made with sesame seed paste (tahini) which contains a fair amount of monounsaturated fats. These have their have their own set of health benefits but among them is the ability to help promote your weight loss reduce belly fat. 
7. Hummus can help balance your blood sugar levels. 
8. Hummus can be a good substitute for unhealthy foods: Hummus can help you avoid the negative health affects of other foods. For instance, you can use hummus as a substitute of mayonnaise which is essentially just eggs and fat. You can also mix it with broth or water until it is enough to be used a salad dressing. 
9. Garbanzo beans (Chickpeas) are high in antioxidants: As you know; getting plenty of antioxidants helps reduce the oxidant damage done in our bodies. Chickpeas have alot of them. 
10. It is great for allergies: Hummus is gluten-free, nut free, and dairy free. If you have those allergies then you will be happy to know that hummus is still something you can eat freely and happilly.  

Turkish Style Hummus (Hatay Usulü Humus)

How to Make Turkish Style Hummus!

Hummus dish is part of Mediterranean diet which is reportedly quite good for you. This diet includes smaller portions of meat, more vegetables, plenty of hummus, seafoods, and healthy fats like extra virgin olive oil and nuts. 

When combined with bread or pita, hummus makes a complete and easily digestible protein. Best of all, you can make it in minutes and feed a crowd. Simply chop a little garlic, add garbanzo beans, tahini, olive oil, lemon, salt, and pepper. Whir in a food processor or with a blender or mixer, and then you may find yourself eating it by the spoonful. Also, this recipe is adapted for the American cuisine. 

Actually, hummus recipe is so easy and not complicated. Our recipe "Hatay City Style Hummus" is also easy and not complicated too. It just takes abit more time than the other recipes. Forexample; In this recipe, you should boil the Garbanzo beans couple of times and peel its shell to increase humus's tasty. 

All of These Ways to Eat Hummus Can Be Enjoyed any Flavor of the Spread

• This easy hummus recipe is great to make sandwiches for your lunchbox or simply to serve with bread sticks or pita. Forexample; spread hummus on your favourite bread. And, eat hummus and bread together for a burst of heaven savory goodness in your mouth. 
• You can use it instead of mayonnaise or mustard. 
• You can use it as an easy and flavorful salad dressing. 

Ingredients: dried garbanzo beans

Ingredients: 5 cups of water

Ingredients: cumin, salt and red pepper flakes

Ingredients: sesame seeds paste (tahini)

Ingredients: Lemon juice

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil

Ingredients: chopped garlic

Wash your chickpeas well

Then place them in a bowl, cover with water and 
Leave them in water overnight 

Next day drain them and rinse

Then place chickpeas into pressure cooker or pot

Add water to cover them, set the heat to low and bring 
the pot to a boil  

In this recipe we used pressure cooker
for first boiling process

Then drain the chickpeas and rinse

For easy peeling; put chickpeas in a bot, add water 
to cover them and bring boiling again

Then remove the pot from heat and peel chickpeas shells  

Then drain them and rinse again

Then peel all chickpeas shells 

Peel all chickpeas shells 

Reserve afew of whole chickpeas for serving 

Lastly place chickpeas in a pot and add 1,5 cups of water

Cöok on medium low heat until all the water evaporates
While stirring

Then remove chickpeas from the heat and pour it
into food processor of blender

Then add lemon juice

If you want you can add more lemon juice

Then add chopped garlic into mixture

Then add salt to taste

Then add sesame seeds paste (tahini)

Chickoeas and Tahini are so important in this recipe,
Try to use good quality tahini and chickpeas

Then a little cumin into mixture

Then blend all of them couple of times

Then turn out into dinner plate and make smooth 
with the back of spoon 

Then drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle red pepper flakes and
scatter with the reserved chickpeas 

Hummus goes well with meat dishes

Recipe for Turkish Style Hummus;

Here it is very unique, healthy and delicious hummus's recipe;

Very good family favourite;

Serve: 2-3 servings, Preparation Time: 40-45 minutes, Cooking Time: No cooking time, Cuisine: Mediterranean & Anatolian Cuisines,

Ingredients:

2 Cups Dried Garbanzo Beans, (Chickpeas),

4-5 Tablespoons Sesame seeds paste, (Tahini),

3 Cloves garlic, chopped,

1/4 Teaspoon cumin,

1 Teaspoon salt, 

1 Lemon juice,

1-2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil,

1 Teaspoon Red pepper flakes, 

5 Cups of water,

Preparation:

1. First of all, put your all ingredients on your work table. Then, wash your garbanzo beans (Chickpeas) and place them in a pot and cover with water. Then, leave them in a water overnight or for at least 12-15 hours. 
2. The next day, place your chickpeas in a pressure cooker or pot, and add water to cover them, and set the heat to low and bring the pot to a boil. Then, drain the chickpeas and rinse, reserve a few of whole chickpeas for serving. Then, we need to peel chickpeas shells so that again place your chickpeas in a pot and add water to cover them and bring the boil one more time (for easy peeling). Then, drain it and rinse and peel all chickpeas's shells. Lastly, place your chickpeas in a pot and add 1,5 cups of water and cook on medium-low heat until all the water evaporates while stirring (it takes 3-5 minutes). 
3. Then, combine the chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, salt and tahini in a food processor, and blend to creamy puree (if needed, add more lemon juice, garlic, cumin or salt to taste). 
4. Then, turn out into a dinner plate, and make smooth with the back of spoon. Then, drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and scatter with the reserved chickpeas and then sprinkle with red pepper flakes and serve with pita bread, 

Enjoy! 

Please let us know how this "Turkish Style Hummus (Hatay Usulü Humus) Recipe" turns out for you in the comments. We are always so eager to hear from you.

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