| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Grains |
Arab |
|
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 4 |
T |
Tahini, sesame seed butter |
|
|
up to 5 |
|
|
One lemon, more or less to |
|
|
taste juice of |
| 1 |
|
Or more cloves of garlic |
|
|
again to taste – I like |
|
|
LOTS at least 4 cloves |
| 1/2 |
t |
Salt, again to taste |
| 1/4 |
c |
Juice from canned garbanzo |
|
|
beans or from water they |
|
|
were cooked in |
| 1 |
lb |
Can garanzo beans, drained |
|
|
Ground cumin |
|
|
Paprika, or ground cayenne |
|
|
if you prefer |
INSTRUCTIONS
From Najda - and Arabic cook book Put everything but spices in blender
and process till smooth and thick. (If no blender/food processor mash
everything through a sieve) Add spies to taste and mix. If getting
fancy, garnish with more powdered spice in lines like spokes of a
wheel and at the end points heap up small piles of chopped sour
pickles, green pappers, and chopped parsley. ( I almost never do
this.) Spread on a shallow plate with a bit of olive oil floated on
the top (or mix a bit of oil in while you are blending) and serve with
pita bread torn into rough triangles for dipping. This is great stuff!
It is low fat, VERY tasty, easy to transport, needs no refrigeration,
and has enough garlic in it to keep the mosquitos off you for several
hours. It is a nice appetizer/dip but also serve all by itself as a
light meal on those days when its too hot to cook/eat anything more
elaborate. Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST by Lorraine Heidecker
<lheid@saclink.csus.edu> on Feb 9, 1998
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