You say hummus, and I'll say houmuss.
You say humus, and I'll say homus...etc etc

Any clever sorts know what the actual spelling is for this tasty dip? (that by the way is sooo easy to make and mine is even better than Mowvich's mums! fact)

Hahaha.....don't worry about that, i know how to clear that with my friends, you won't be spying and i won't be exporting gas to israel

Question: Where can I find tahini? If Migros or Coop please tell in what section. Thank you.

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So you can transliterate it however you choose.

I was looking for a special cream cheese to make "ugat gvina" (cheesecake), and while browsing I also found tahini here: http://www.koshercity.ch/

Not sure about other stores...

Health food store as I recently discovered, but that was only after I had already made some from scratch.

Made up a batch of hummus just now.

Tom

I don't rinse them, and add some cumin powder as well.

Tom

Hummus




P.S - the Miki brand is worth taking. pun intended

What's a pity is how Betty Bossi (and Migros' "Anna's Best") butchers my favorite middle-eastern dish, tabbouleh. Now, tabbouleh is supposed to be a lemony parsley salad spiked with bulgur and olive oil. The Betty Bossi version is couscous with a couple of pieces of chopped bell pepper and a raisin here and there. No lemon, no olive oil, and NO PARSLEY!!! (And no flavor whatsoever.)

It's like taking some Uncle Ben's rice, throwing a canned sardine on it, and calling it "sushi"…

It's Sephardic isn't it? Hence its presence in Greece, Turkey, Lebanon etc etc.

Cheers,
Nick

Larger Coops sell it in the section with the Middle Eastern foods. You can also find it at Jelmoli, but for more CHFs naturally.

I like to chuck in a handful of pine nuts, too. Sometimes a dash or two of cayenne pepper. Sometimes extra lemon juice and fresh coriander.

I usually make my own, but last night we tried the Blini brand that we found at Coop -- it was remarkably good for store-bought.

I just heard on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Now Show that in Greece a humous factory and also a taramasalata factory are having to close due to the economic downturn.
They are calling it a double dip recession.

As promised, here is my recipe of Homous. This version is the "I have little time" version. I will be writing soon the "Cook to impress" version.

However, as we all agree, it is fairly simple to prepare and ingredients like Tahini can be found at COOP, Turkish grocery stores and even some fuel stations!

Enjoy!

Attached Files

Homous-HaveLittleTimeVersion.pdf (40.7 KB, 224 views)

Thanks for posting your version TAE!

I must say, in all my houmous making years, I have never boiled canned chick peas for 15-30 mins! Can I ask you what difference you feel this makes to the finished product?
Thanks

Two Reasons:
1- You need to warm the chick peas anyway before blending. One simply does not get the same smooth texture when blending them cold.
2- I always found canned ones to be "al dente", hence the need to boil them further.

In my "Cook to impress" version, I boil chick peas from scratch. The texture is even smoother since the process involves soaking for 24 hours and using Sodium Bicarbonate.

However, Houmous will be delicious no matter what you do. Therefore, if you have little time, just warm the canned chick peas in the micro wave (not in tin though ) and pour them directly into the blender.

My sentiments exactly, but I am referring to the Hummus. They have completely screwed it up. Betty Bollocks more like it. I preferred it much more when it was made in France. Hummus is such an easy thing to prepare, how in the world did they get it wrong?? Yes I know it's easy to prepare at home but I don't have a food processor yet and am not too interested in using my mortar & pestle.

P.S. Where is this Health Food store that I can get Tahini from?

Don't waste your money on health food store Tahini - any Turkish shop will stock at least 2-3 kinds.

What you need is called Quark here, available everywhere. Take Mager-(Low Fat) Quark for ugat gvina.

I ended up buying it at the Egli health food shop at HB. Will tell yol how it fares in my humous. Cost around 5 bucks.