Spicy Hummus without Tahini Recipe | MasalaHerb.com (2024)

Hummus without tahini recipe – with a selection of spices to add wholesome flavors to your chickpea dip!

📕 What is Hummus?

Hummus is a popular and traditional middle eastern dish, prepared with chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans) as the main ingredient.

It's creamy, thick and the chickpea flavors come through with the seasoning. Hummus is known to be nutritious!

It is part of the local food table in Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Cyprus, and Türkiye.

Hummus is Arabic for Chickpeas and several spellings exist, including Hommos, Houmous, Hoummos to just name a few.

Many variations and serving suggestions exist across the Levant and Middle East.

This is a modern Hummus recipe prepared without Tahini Sesame paste, and it includes a set of spices.

A classic traditional Hummus includes tahini, which is a paste made of sesame seeds.

🧄 Ingredients

To blend:

• Chickpeas (aka Garbanzo Beans) – boiled or canned
• Garlic Cloves
• Luke Warm Water
• Olive Oil – extra Virgin always preferred for the best result
• Lime Juice
• Salt
• Black Pepper
• Paprika – I like smoked Paprika, but you can use sweet or hot Paprika too
• Cayenne Pepper – to add heat!
• Cumin Powder
• Coriander Seed Powder

To top off or garnish before serving:

• Cilantro – fresh
• Mint – fresh or dried
• More Cayenne Pepper to add some heat to your hummus or Paprika
• More Olive Oil

Adjust the quantity of Cayenne Pepper for a spicy hot hummus or to decrease the heat.

You can also opt for red pepper flakes instead of cayenne pepper as a topping.

🔪 How to make Hummus without Tahini?

Here is how this easy Hummus recipe is prepared without the addition of tahini sesame paste. A set of spices alleviate your hummus experience further.

Step 1 (optional)

For a creamy, smooth Hummus, peel your chickpeas. This is an optional step but worth your 10 minutes for a better grain-free and easier to digest Hummus.

Place cooked or canned chickpeas in a bowl with water. Plus point if the chickpeas are still hot (i.e., after boiling).

Rub chickpeas between your hands so that the skin comes off. It takes about 5–10 minutes to get them all off. You can take them all off or half batch only.

Step 2

Place chickpeas with garlic cloves, oil, some water, lemon juice and spices in a blender jar or food processor.

Blend and keep on adding water until all used up, and you are left with a smooth paste.

Step 3

Place hummus into a serving bowl and top with more olive oil, chopped mint, cilantro, and cayenne pepper and/or paprika.

💫 Blending Tips

• You need a powerful blender or food processor to make hummus at home from scratch. Chickpeas turn into a thick and heavy mass when blended, so blades can get stuck. A powerful blender engine is the only way to go!
• Keep on adding a small amount of water to help the blades turn.
• Don't use a hand blender, it won't blend.

🍴 Uses and Serving Ideas

Depending on whom you ask in the Middle East, hummus can be served and enjoyed differently.

Its prime use is as a dip with freshly baked pita bread. Chickpeas are filling, so on its own with pita chips or pita bread, it can be served as a hot weather lunch.

In a western setting, you will see it served with various dippers such as freshly cut cucumber, celery, and carrot sticks.

If you are open-minded, as I'm, you can add salted crackers, lavash chips, flour tortilla chips and Italian grissini as dippers.

Hummus makes for a great party dip, but that's not the only way that is has been enjoyed in the Middle East.

You can serve it as a side dish, just like mashed potatoes, with a lamb or chicken main course meal.

Israelis serve hummus with Chicken Sesame Schnitzel, which just shows that hummus can be enjoyed just the way you like.

Spread some hummus over your bread for a vegan snack or sandwich or spread it over your wheat taco or chapati and roll it in with your filling to make a Burrito.

🍱 Storing

You can store your homemade hummus without tahini in the fridge or in your freezer.

Fridge

Hummus can be beautifully stored in your fridge without any issues. Place the Hummus mass into a container and close it with a lid.

Hummus is good for at least 7 days in your fridge.

Open containers in the fridge will turn the upper Hummus coat hard. Therefore, it's important to store your hummus in a closed container.

Just keeping out the hummus for all too long will form a hard layer on the hummus, and while your hummus is still perfectly edible, it isn't that appetizing to munch on harder hummus pieces.

Your hummus should always remain perfectly smooth and creamy!

A popular trick is to pour olive oil over your hummus before you keep the hummus in the refrigerator. The oil creates a barrier and keeps away air. The oil also mixes in well, and it's delicious!

I like to keep the hummus out for 1–2 hours before serving time so that the hummus has enough time to reach room temperature.

This chickpea dip tastes better if served in room temperature but in a very hot climate it tastes great cold too. Yet, traditionally, it's either served at room temperature or warm.

Freezer

Another option is to store it in your freezer. I recommend creating smaller batches and placing the hummus into freezer-friendly containers.

Store it in the freezer for up to 2 months.

Thaw your hummus overnight in your fridge or keep it out for a few hours until completely thawed before serving time.

💭 FAQs

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