Recipe - Fat-Free Hummus

1 cn (15oz) chickpeas(Garbanzos)
2 tablespoon Lemon juice
One fourth teaspoon Ground cumin
1 small Garlic clove; minced, (I use
at least twice this amount
and let the blender do the
mincing)
1 pn Cayenne pepper
2 tablespoon Minced parsley; (I don't
use)
1 tablespoon Minced red onion; (I don't
use)

Fat free hummus is easy. I do it about once a week. I use an Ornish recipe
from _Everyday Cooking_ but add about 1 T of tahini. I figure at 7.5 g
fat/T with 32 T in this recipe that's One fourth g fat/T and I can handle it since
I eat no dairy.

Drain chickpeas, reserving juice. Do not rinse. Transfer peas to a food
processor or blender and blend with One half cup reserved chickpea juice, lemon
juice, cumin, garlic and cayenne. Add parsley and red onion and pulse
briefly just to mix.

I usually start with a smaller amount of the juice, adding more to get the
consistency I want. I found One half cup to be too much.

By the way, hummus is caro here, too. It's even cheaper to make at home if
you cook the beans yourself.

Posted to fatfree digest by Kate Bilinski twix@sover.net on Feb 06, 1998