How to make hummus at home: 5 simple recipes from professional chefs

Hummus is a popular Middle Eastern sauce or paste. It is usually made from mashed chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini sauce, olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic.

News Bytes writes, "Hummus can be eaten with pita bread or spread on your favorite sandwich. It is a nutritious source of vegetable protein that will be a great addition to your daily diet."

Try making hummus according to one of these 5 recipes at home.

Coriander hummus

This mild and healthy sauce can be eaten with pita bread and pickled vegetables.

Soak chickpeas overnight and boil them well. Drain the water.

Add the boiled chickpeas, chopped garlic, sesame paste or tahini, olive oil, lime juice, drained chickpea water, salt and pepper to a mixer and mix well.

Garnish with cilantro leaves and olive oil and serve with pita bread.

Beetroot hummus

Brush peeled beets with oil and bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Then let them cool. Cut the beets into small pieces.

Roast sesame seeds and grind them into powder.

Mix garlic, cooked chickpeas, and water until smooth. Add the sesame powder, olive oil, cheese, beets, cumin powder, and salt and mix again.

Add lemon juice and mix. Garnish with olive oil and coriander.

Zucchini hummus

Hummus made according to this recipe can be eaten even during a diet.

Add peeled and chopped zucchini, cooked chickpeas, lemon juice, almonds, cumin, onion powder, garlic, tahini, salt and pepper to a mixer and blend well until smooth.

Add olive oil and whisk again. Add chopped parsley and blend again.

Serve with crackers.

Spicy pumpkin hummus

Oil a piece of pumpkin and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

Add chickpeas, garlic and water to a mixer and beat well until smooth. Add the pumpkin, salt, olive oil, cumin powder, and tabasco sauce and blend again until smooth.

Transfer to a bowl, add lemon juice and stir.

Garnish with olive oil, chili powder, and rosemary sprigs.

Lemon hummus

Toast sesame seeds in a frying pan, let them cool, and then grind them into a powder.

Add chickpeas, garlic, and a little water to a mixer and blend well. Add yogurt, sesame powder, salt, and cumin powder and whisk again.

Add lemon juice and mix well. Mix basil leaves with olive oil and put them on the hummus.