Hummus from @TinaKashian1

Hello from TINA KASHIAN! 

This is my own award-winning hummus recipe and I make it weekly at home for the kids and for my husband. It can be served as a dip with wedges of pita bread or vegetables and goes well with broiled or grilled meat. It can also be used as a healthy alternative to mayonnaise on sandwiches. I bring it to gatherings with family and friends. Trust me when I say that homemade tastes much better than store purchased.

 

All the ingredients, except the tahini (sesame seed puree) are most likely already in your pantry. I used to purchase tahini at Mediterranean or Middle Eastern markets, but it’s now readily available in most supermarkets. I purchased this jar at Wegmans.

 

Ingredients:

1 can (15 ounces) chickpeas

3½ teaspoons tahini (sesame seed puree)

3 cloves minced garlic (1½ teaspoons)

1 teaspoon salt

5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons lemon juice

Kitchen appliances needed:

Food processor or blender

Directions:

Drain a can of chickpeas and reserve the fluid. 

Mix tahini thoroughly before using to incorporate oil that separates during storage. Using a food processor or blender, combine all the ingredients.

Blend until smooth. If hummus is too thick, add a few tablespoons of the reserved fluid from the can of chickpeas and blend. You don’t want the hummus to be too thin so be careful you don’t add too much fluid. You can always add more later. Here is a picture of the hummus a bit too thick.

 Here is a picture after I added some of the reserved fluid until the hummus is smooth and creamy.

 Pour into a serving platter. Enjoy!

 

Hummus and Homicide is the first book in my Kebab Kitchen mystery series. For a limited time, the book is free on Kindle Unlimited!

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When Lucy Berberian quits her Philadelphia law firm and heads home to Ocean Crest, she knows what she’s getting—the scent of funnel cake, the sight of the wooden roller coaster, and the tastes of her family’s Mediterranean restaurant. But murder wasn’t on the menu…

Things are slow in the off-season in this Jersey Shore town, but Lucy doesn’t mind. She doesn’t even mind waitressing at the Kebab Kitchen. Her parents have put in a new hummus bar, with every flavor from lemon to roasted red pepper. It’s fun to see their calico cat again, and to catch up with her old BFF, who’s married to a cop now.

She could do without Heather Banks, though. The Gucci-toting ex-cheerleader is still as nasty as she was back in high school…and unfortunately, she’s just taken over as the local health inspector. Just minutes after eating at the Kebab Kitchen—where she’s tallied up a whole list of bogus violations—she falls down dead in the street. Word on the grapevine is it’s homicide, and Lucy’s the number one suspect…

Recipes Included!

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 Tina Kashian is an attorney and a former mechanical engineer whose love of reading for pleasure helped her get through years of academia. Tina spent her childhood summers at the Jersey shore building sandcastles, boogie boarding, and riding the boardwalk Ferris wheel. She also grew up in the restaurant business, as her Armenian parents owned a restaurant for thirty years. Tina still lives in New Jersey with her supportive husband and two daughters. 

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