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Hummus recipe: heavenly creamy pleasure

Prepare hummus in a blender

Our homemade hummus from the high-speed blender is a heavenly-creamy pleasure, this hummus recipe can also be called a culinary treasure from 1001 Nights. Even if we prepare large amounts to have some backup in stock, the oriental chickpea paste usually does not survive more than a week in the refrigerator. The attraction is simply too great. But that doesn't matter, because hummus has a lot of good things to offer - including vegetable protein, zinc, magnesium and iron, as well as plenty of fiber. Our favorite way to eat it is as a dip with a variation of vegetable sticks. This way you can enjoy hummus at work - just put it in a jar and take it with you.

Hummus recipe

Heavenly creamy chickpea puree
Prep Time 12:10 Hours
Perform Time 10 Min
Total Time 12:20 Hours
Amount 600 ml
Calories 1400 kcal
Cuisine Cream
Author Carla from GrueneSmoothies.com
Hummus recipe: heavenly creamy chickpea puree
4.92 from 1125 Reviews
 

Ingredients

  • 250 g chickpeas
  • 1 pinch of baking soda for soaking
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt for cooking
  • 4 garlic cloves peeled
  • ½ garlic clove fresh, peeled
  • 3-4 tbsp. tahini light sesame paste
  • 1 level tsp cumin ground
  • 4 tbsp lemon juice fresh, for the hummus
  • 3-4 tbsp. olive oil
  • sea salt to taste
  • 500 ml cooking water
 

Instruction

  1. Soak the chickpeas in water with a pinch of baking soda for at least 12 hours. The soaking and the pinch of baking soda will significantly reduce the cooking time and make the chickpeas easier to digest.
  2. Optional: You can make the chickpeas even healthier by sprouting them for at least 24 hours to three days. Sprouting increases their nutrient content and makes them even easier to digest. To do this, use a sprouting jar or a simple kitchen sieve and water them 3 times a day. We also find that sprouting the chickpeas just makes them taste even better!
  3. Now boil the chickpeas together with the peeled garlic cloves (leave whole) in about 1 liter of water for about 1 hour until soft. Let the chickpeas boil on the highest setting with the pot closed, and then reduce the heat. Foam will form at the beginning; simply remove it with a skimmer.
  4. The chickpeas are soft enough when they can be easily mashed with two fingers.
  5. Keep a small handful of whole chickpeas as decoration.
  6. Now add the softly cooked chickpeas to the blender container together with about 500 ml of cooking water, including the garlic cloves that were cooked with them. Add half a clove of fresh garlic, tahini, cumin, lemon juice and olive oil. Start the blending process on the lowest speed level and slowly increase the speed to the highest level.
  7. Use the tamper to push the mixture towards the blades and blend until the hummus reaches a creamy and relatively liquid consistency - it will thicken as it cools down.
  8. Season to taste: add more cooking water if necessary and season with salt and optionally a dash of toasted sesame oil. Blend again.

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Tip: Keep some of the cooking water in the fridge. If you find that over time the consistency of the hummus has become too thick, simply pour the mixture back into the blender, add some cooking water, and puree to the desired consistency.

Vegetable sticks

from carrots & co
Prep Time 10 Min
Perform Time 5 Min
Total Time 15 Min
Amount 23 Piece
Calories 60 kcal
Cuisine Side Dish
Author Carla from GrueneSmoothies.com
Serve hummus recipe with vegetable sticks.
4.99 from 1074 Reviews
 

Ingredients

  • 1 celery stalk
  • 2 carrots medium
  • 1 chicory heart
 

Instruction

  1. While the hummus cools down, you can now prepare the vegetable sticks for dipping.
  2. Peel the carrots and cut them into sticks; wash the celery and cut it into narrow sticks.
  3. If necessary, remove the outer leaves from the chicory and pluck the inner leaves for dipping.
  4. Of course, you can cut other vegetables for dipping - such as peppers or fennel.
  5. Tip: In summer, fresh tomatoes and red onions also go very well with hummus.
Hummus recipe: bowl filled with hummus and vegetable sticks

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Hummus recipe dress with lemon juice, olive oil and chili:

Pour the hummus into a bowl and add chickpeas as a topping. Then drizzle with some fresh lemon juice and olive oil. To top it all off, add a pinch of chopped parsley and some chili flakes. You can either arrange the vegetable sticks on a large plate or fill them into various small bowls or drinking glasses.

Collage of two pictures with hummus in a waffle jar and on a plate with sticks of from carrots, celery and chicory
Healthy lunch or dinner - ideal to take to work.

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28 | Comment(s)

3/17/2024
Claudia
Hello dear team, unfortunately, you cannot prepare hummus with the Square container from Bianco di Puro. The device hums and whistles while doing so. I have just had my device checked in Cologne at Bianco. The device is fine, just unsuitable for hummus and nut butter, according to the people there. Please mention this explicitly in your device description so that other buyers can be spared this disappointment.
Best regards from Claudia
3/18/2024
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Hello Claudia,

thank you for your comment. When you look at our product pages for the Primo S Mixer by bianco di puro und zum Bianco di Puro Square+ Container, you will see that we do not list hummus or nut butter under preparation options for both items. Additionally, we explicitly recommend that if you want to make small quantities or viscous liquids with the Primo S, it is advisable to purchase the Bianco di Puro Uno Container as an additional container.

Best regards,
Carla
11/29/2023
Stefan
Please translate into English: I just want to add a small addition to cooking chickpeas (or legumes). The best results are achieved by soaking the chickpeas in warm saltwater for a maximum of 12 hours (about 3 tablespoons of salt for 4 liters of water), then rinsing them and cooking them in a closed pot in the oven at 140 degrees Celsius. Again, with salt and spices. This method gives the legumes a wonderful creamy consistency, definitely worth a try. Otherwise, my great respect for your website.
Best regards,
Stefan
11/29/2023
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Hello Stefan,
thank you very much for the instructions - sounds really interesting! I will definitely give it a try.
Best regards,
Carla
7/6/2023
Sankhar Murmu
Hummus is one of my all-time favorite dips/spreads! Its creamy texture, nutty flavor, and subtle tanginess from the lemon juice make it absolutely delicious. Whether I'm enjoying it as a snack with some fresh veggies or spreading it on a sandwich, hummus never disappoints. I love how versatile it is too, with endless possibilities for customization. From the classic recipe to exciting variations like roasted red pepper or spicy jalapeño, there's a hummus flavor for every palate. Plus, knowing that it's packed with protein and fiber makes it a guilt-free indulgence. Hummus truly deserves its place as a beloved staple in many cuisines worldwide.
7/7/2023
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Hello Sankhar,

thank you very much for your comment. I can only agree with you 100 percent: I love hummus!!! Thank you also for your recipe variation ideas. I like e.g. also very much hummus with fresh coriander.

Regards,
Carla
4/29/2023
Jutta
Hello, I'm about to make my first hummus, but do not know if the wartmann simply turns off automatically after 1:56 min:sec and what the divisions on the dial knob mean?????
5/2/2023
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Hello Jutta,
if you use one of the automatic programs, they will of course end automatically - depending on the runtime.

If you set the speed manually on the Wartmann Blender by turning the rotary knob to the right, you must end the runtime by returning the rotary knob to the central start/stop position. In manual mode, you have a total of 8 8 speed settings. The hummus is pureed at maximum speed.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me.
Kind regards,
Carla
11/3/2022
Beatrix
Have made kdas hummus. It tastes wonderful. Will always use this recipe in the future.
11/4/2022
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Dear Beatrix,

that makes us very happy. Thank you for your feedback :)

Best regards,
Carla
10/31/2022
Beatrix
please send only the hummus recipe.
Have beteits the newsletter.
11/3/2022
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Hello Beatrix,

You should enter your email address in the registration box above, then you will automatically receive the recipe link.

Best regards,
Carla
10/31/2022
Susanne
Thanks for the great recipe! One question: do you take the soaking water for cooking, or do you do away with it and use fresh?
Thank you,
Kind regard,
Susanne
11/3/2022
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Hello Susanne,

thank you for your comment. Please pour away the soaking water and use fresh water to cook the chickpeas.
Have fun and enjoy trying it out,
best regards,
Carla
10/18/2022
Martina
Hello to all
Can I also use canned chickpeas?
10/24/2022
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Hello Martina,

of course you can also use canned chickpeas. Tastes a little different, but still good.

Kind regards,
Carla
11/30/2021
Veronika
I have accidentally soaked and sprouted 500 g of chickpeas. The hummus turned out to be incredibly delicious, but there's just way too much of it! How long can I store it in sterilized jars in the refrigerator? Can I also freeze it?
Best regards, Veronika.
1/28/2019
Claudia
I have a question: how do you manage not to leave too much hummus in the container?:-) I usually just fill up my kitchen utensils with water, so the residue doesn't dry out, but if I did that with the container, there would still be some residue of the good hummus left hanging around.
1/30/2019
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Dear Claudia,
with hummus or viscous blender preparations, it is of course inevitable that residues remain in the container. In our opinion, it works best with a spatula – such as this model: Spatula 3cm.
Love, Carla
1/24/2019
Hilde
Hello
Since I got the Vitamix, I've been making hummus a lot with the help of the VM recipe book. I always have to prepare an extra portion with chili for my husband....? We eat it with almost everything: a day without hummus is a lost day?
So far, I've used the "ready-made" canned/jarred chickpeas and want to try it with sprouted ones. I am very curious about the difference in taste!
Kind regards
Hilde
1/24/2019
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Dear Hilde,
we are curious about your taste judgment. I find that it is a big difference – what concerns the digestibility of chickpeas. Love and happy hummus :)
Carla
1/26/2019
Hilde
Dear Carla
Today I had the hummus with germinated chickpeas. Hmmmm, so my palate (and digestion....) like the unsprouted version a lot more. This version tastes too mealy or too peasy to me. It tastes a bit like those noodles made from peas to me – and unfortunately, those aren't my favorites either...
So in the future I will enjoy my hummus again with recipe from Vitamix cookbook.
Warm regards, Hilde
1/28/2019
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Dear Hilde,
that's interesting! But tastes are simply different. To make sure, we are talking about the same recipe: Did you cook the sprouted chickpeas afterwards? Or did you make a raw food version with it – that also works, but in fact tastes quite different – and namely in the direction of peas.
Best regards, Carla
P.S. You're absolutely right: I'm also making hummus again this week :)
9/11/2017
Gaby
I have a similar recipe from the Vitamix cookbook, very very delicious. I use pre-cooked chickpeas from the glass jar from the organic store. I don't use tahini (sesame paste), the Vitamix effortlessly turns sesame into a very smooth and creamy texture.
9/11/2017
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Dear Gaby, why don't you give our version with dried chickpeas a try, which you'll soak yourself. I think that this little bit of prepping is totally worth it when it comes to the taste :) Warm regards, Carla
9/9/2017
Katrin
Can that be true, pureeing with 500 ml cooking water? How do you then end up with 500 g of finished hummus? (250 g of dried chickpeas plus absorbed soaking water plus the other ingredients plus 500 g of water should result in much more, shouldn't it?)
9/11/2017
Carla von GrüneSmoothies.de
Dear Katrin, I will have to measure again next time. It should be a little more. Thank you for pointing that out. Warm regards, Carla.