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Hummus

A Middle Eastern chickpea purée made from cooked crushed chickpeas flavoured with tahini (pounded sesame seeds), oil, garlic and lemon juice. As part of Arabic mezze it's served as a dip with hot pitta bread.

In Egypt hummus is often flavoured with cumin. If you’ve got a blender or food processor then it’s very quick and easy to make your own hummus - use dried, soaked chickpeas rather than canned for a better flavour.

• Hummus
• Falafel burger with hummus
• Hummus with flatbread