Ingredients
2 cups – Drained, cooked chickpeas
3 tbsp – Extra-virgin olive oil
3 tbsp – Tahini
1.5 tbsp – Lemon juice (from 1/2 lemon), plus more to taste
1 – Small clove of garlic, roughly chopped
1 tsp – Salt
1/2 tsp – Finely ground black pepper
1 tbsp – Chopped dry figs
1 tbsp – Chopped walnuts
1/4 tsp – Bicarbonate soda
Method
* Soak the chick peas for 12 hours, wash and add bicarbonate soda and water then boil it till it becomes very soft.
* Then combine all ingredients chickpeas, olive oil, tahini, lemon juice, garlic, salt in a food processor.
* Blend for 1-2 minutes until it becomes a very smooth paste and scrape down the sides of the bowl to check for any large chunks that exist and blend.
* If your hummus is thicker than you’d like, add more lemon juice or olive oil to thin it out and make it creamier.
* Finally, scrape the hummus into a bowl and top it with chopped dry figs, chopped walnuts, olive oil and serve with pita bread.
