For the preparation of both hummus and tahina you can choose whether to use the blender or the mortar: in the second case you will obtain a less smooth consistency but the nutritional principles are better preserved.
If you use the mortar to make the tahina, you can continue with the recipe by mixing the pre-cooked chickpeas and the rest of the ingredients gradually with the pestle.
If you wish, you can customize the basic hummus recipe by adding other ingredients to taste: a pinch of curry or turmeric for example, which will give the cream a more intense colour, or mint, coriander, ginger powder, cumin or chilli pepper!
You can also enrich the basic recipe with other ingredients to create delicious variations: discover the recipe of theavocado hummusofpepper hummus or ofbeetroot hummus for example! Or substitute chickpeas to make a tasty one lentil hummus.
You can use leftover tahini to make a delicious Lebanese turmeric dessert, lo sfuf! Or you can make the babaganousha typical aubergine cream of Middle Eastern origin, to try also in the version of Italian babaganoush!
