Palestinian-style Hummus! Yay!

I’ve been meaning to do this since the beginning of Ramadan and keep flaking, and so here is your first ever One Female Canuck recipe! I’m terribly excited as cooking relaxes me and so this virtual edge provides me a second avenue to enjoy the kitchen…

I’ve chosen a very simple recipe to start, a ‘dish’ with which you’re all quite familiar: Hummus! Yay! (Not just ‘Hummus’ but rather ‘Hummus! YaY!’)

In order for you to enjoy this, I’m going to recommend you start off by making a very small amount (a bowl-full) and then tweaking it to suit your taste. Some of you will find that you like it with more lemon, less garlic, more salt, whatever…the choice is yours, consider the following as some guidelines and have fun playing!

Ingredients for Hummus! Yay!
1/2 cup fresh chick-peas
1 fresh lemon
3 tablespoons tahini
1 tooth of garlic
salt

& for garnish: parsley, cumin & olive oil

THAT’S IT! (Bet you’re surprised.)

Means to Hummus! Yay!
Smush the chick-peas until they’re super smooth! Consider using a purée-ing machine, whatever that may be.
Squeeze into the smushed and super smooth chick-pea thing the lemon & eagle-eye that no seeds fall in!
Then the garlic!
Finally the tahini!
Salt to your liking! YAY!

Really: Make certain that all items are totally mushed together and the mixture as smooth as possible!

Spoon it into a nice little bowl and flatten the top!

Garnish it with olive oil (I made a little hole in the middle, below the parsley, and filled it with olive oil), cumin and parsley!

OR

In a little bit of butter, fry up some pine nuts and pour them over the Hummus! Yay! if you’re looking for a really traditional way to eat this treat. If you opt for this means to Hummus! Yay!, then don’t add the olive oil as a garnish (only the cumin and the parsley, please).

Serve with much pita bread, a winning smile and a very big heart!

Hummus! Yay!

(Tell me how it tastes, please.)