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A simple and delicious hummus can be made within minutes, by using soaked chickpeas, sesame seeds, garlic and olive oil. To prepare hummus, chickpeas is a must and so it should be soaked overnight. The best way is to buy canned garbanzo beans and anytime we can make this mouthwatering dip at home. Hummus is a middle eastern dip, which is famous worldwide. I love my hummus along with roasted or grilled chicken, salads or simply like that. To make this hummus, tahini is an important ingredient. Tahini is nothing but sesame seed paste. As I didn’t have tahini at home, I added sesame seeds to the chickpeas in the food processor. If you don’t want to add tahini, just make the hummus with soaked chickpeas, it will be little liquidy. The taste won’t differ. It will be delicious. It is said that chickpeas are the most popular legumes consumed in the world, because of lots of protein, zinc, and iron and which are very good replacements for meat. This month for the MFB challenge, we have to cho...

Hummus is a Middle Eastern dip made with chickpeas as the main ingredient.  I was introduced to this delicious dip a few years back by one of my husband's aunt who had spent many years in middle east. I instantly fell in love with this versatile dip. Serve it with crackers or slather it over your bread slice to make sandwiches, it tastes lovely in all it's avatars. Although the ingredients are very basic to make Hummus, a few tips and tricks takes it to another level. After making it innumerable times, I have come up with a recipe which tastes delicious each time. Here is the recipe to make the best Hummus. All you need is Chickpea - 1 cup Garlic cloves - 12-14 Tahini - 4 tbsp ( mix 4 tbsp sesame seeds with 2 tbsp olive oil and little water and blend in a blender to make a smooth paste ) Extra virgin olive oil - 8 tbsp Lemon juice - 5 tbsp Salt to taste Roasted cumin powder - 1\2 tsp Chili flakes - 1 tsp Warm water from boiled chickpeas - 3-4 tbsp Method of preparation Wash and...

The only perks of India summers in my humble opinion is the availability of stone fruits. Pears, peaches, cherries, plums and to top them all Mangoes. Plump and juicy, this saffron beauty has made it's royal entry in the vegetable and fruits stores and piles after piles of different varieties tempt me even more to come back home with a few bags full of this king of fruits. Churned into a shake for breakfast, grilled on a grill and served with some whipped cream for dessert or cut into slices to snack on any time of the day and my summers are good. The newest addition to my mango mania is this Mango and Avocado salsa. All it takes is 5 minutes to chop the mangoes, avocado, onion and tomatoes and you have a brilliant snack ready. There is a lot of entertaining happening at my place off late and this salsa has become my favorite snack option. It goes really well with nachos or any other crackers and is a breeze to make. Here is how to make this delicious salsa. All you need is Mango -...

Kiddos summer vacations are on and my house has become an adda for all his friends to gather, do some chit chats, play a few board games , set the army game and then fight over the disagreements. Amongst all this, they also get to taste the stuff I make in my kitchen and Bhavye is the one who is dictating me these days on what to make. The gang planned a pajama party last night and orders were passed to make some dips for the crackers that were bought a few days back on one of the trips to his favorite grocery store with his grand parents. When I think of dips to go with crackers, Hummus is the first thing that pops in my mind. I love guacamole too, but good avocados are really tough to get hold of here in Bangalore. So hummus it was. Tasty, healthy and such a versatile dip. Apart from using it as a dip for my crackers, pita bread or veggie sticks, I also like to slather it on my sandwiches and fill it in my tarts. I have made classic hummus a lot of time before and wanted a little twi...

This dip is very easy and quick to make and can be served with variety of snacks. I served it with crispy herb, garlic and cheese smashed potatoe s and everyone loved the combination. Here is the recipe. All you need is Cream cheese - 3 tbsp Fresh cream - 2 tbsp Milk - 1\4 cup Roasted cumin powder - 1\4 tsp Salt to taste Garlic - 2-3 cloves ( grated ) Fresh chives - 2 tbsp Method of preparation Whisk cream cheese with fresh cream and milk to a smooth consistency. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate for a few hours before serving.