Name: Hummus
Ingredients: 2 c Dry chick peas; 1 lb Jar tahini; 3 Garlic cloves; 1/4 c Soy sauce, natural (tamari); 1 Lemon; Onion; Water from cooked beans; 2 ts Cumin, powdered (optional); Paprika for garnish; Parsley for garnish

We are so accustomed to equating holiness with purity or ethical perfection that we look for the idea when the word holy appears. When things are made holy, when they are consecrated, they are set apart unto purity. They are to be used in a pure way. They are to reflect purity as well as simple apartness. Purity is not excluded from the idea of the holy; it is contained within it. But the point we must remember is that the idea of the holy is never exhausted by the idea of purity. It includes purity but is much more than that. It is purity and transcendence. It is transcendent purity.

R.C. Sproul

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Dips	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Dry chick peas
1	lb	Jar tahini
3		Garlic cloves
1/4	c	Soy sauce, natural (tamari)
1		Lemon
		Onion
		Water from cooked beans
2	ts	Cumin, powdered (optional)
		Paprika for garnish
		Parsley for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

Soak beans overnight.  Drain and place on cookie sheet. Freeze several
hours.  cook frozen beans in double amount of water with onion in it or
cook in a pressure cooker instead of freezing first. Blend cooked beans
(pureeing while still warm makes blending easier) and onion a little at a
time, using as much water as necessary to keep blender going. Add garlic
cloves, soy sauce and lemon juice to taste along with beans. If you're
using cumin, add it now. When all beans have been blended with other
ingredients to a thick sauce, place in a large bowl. Add one jar of tahini
and mix well, adding more tamari, garlic, or lemon juice if a stronger
flavor is desired. (add more water for thinner consistency.) Place on a
shallow dish, spread smoothly and sprinkle with paprika and parsley. Serve
with pita strips, use as a sandwich spread, or stuff into celery.
VARIATIONS: a) Avocado Hoomus: mash in 1 large ripe avocado b) Eggplant
Hoomus:  mash in one medium baked eggplant (no skin) and mix with cumin
added to garbanzo tahini blend.
Mara kent
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