Garlic Hummus Recipe

Hummus is a popular food in the Middle East, and over the past few years it has been seeing an emergence here in the Western world because it is affordable, easy to make, and most of all — healthy. Garlic hummus is a particular favorite worldwide, and you can find at least one quality garlic hummus recipe online to fit your tastes.

The primary component of any hummus recipe lies in chickpeas (also known as garbanzo beans). These beans are light on taste and as such there are several ways you can combine hummus with other natural flavors to your liking. Garlic is one of the most popular flavor additions to hummus, and it is easy to work it into almost any recipe.

As with other hummus recipes, a garlic hummus recipe will likely call for tahini. Tahini is a sesame seed paste and can be found in some grocery stores and many natural food stores. If it is unavailable to you, consider skipping this ingredient altogether or replacing it with peanut butter.

Lemon juice is a garlic hummus ingredient that blends well with the taste of garlic itself and easily available to you. Olive oil is another ingredient to consider if you are looking for a more silky hummus. It can also be used to water down hummus that is too thick after you have put it through the food processor. Either cilantro or oregano can work as herbal flavoring.

Consider testing your favorite standard hummus recipe with either minced or roasted garlic. These two options have very different tastes, with minced garlic being stronger and roasted garlic having a more subdued and earthy taste. While one garlic hummus recipe might call for one or the other, you can interchange them to find the taste that appeals to you most.