Episode 4.10 - What If Better Hummus Is Just Tweaks?

What do you think of CURRY HUMMUS?   Ever tried it?

It's delicious, nutritious, and easy......and when you make it yourself, you know exactly what ingredients are in there...and NO vegetable oils!!!!!

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Homemade hummus shouldn’t feel like a project. We’re in the kitchen making a fresh, creamy curry hummus that’s big on flavor and simple enough for a busy weeknight, starting with whole garlic cloves, fresh ground ginger, and curry spice that instantly wakes up a basic dip.

We also get practical about the details that actually change the outcome. Fresh lemon juice brings the brightness that store-bought hummus often lacks, and we share a surprisingly useful tool tip: a flat silicone juicer with a seed catcher that squeezes out every last drop without the “painted metal” mess. From there, we talk tahini (pressed sesame seeds), why it makes hummus taste richer, and how you can skip it or even use a little chicken broth if you’re trying to keep calories in check.

The biggest texture upgrade is our favorite shortcut: blending two types of beans. We use classic garbanzo beans (chickpeas) plus cannellini or Great Northern beans for a softer, creamier finish, then bring it together with good extra virgin olive oil and a splash of water as needed. Finally, we taste, adjust, and make it personal, more lemon, more curry, more salt, whatever your perfect hummus recipe looks like.

If you love easy healthy snacks, meal prep dips, and simple Mediterranean-inspired recipes with a twist, queue this up now. Subscribe, share the episode with a fellow hummus fan, and leave a review, then tell us: are you team tahini or team no tahini?

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Transcript

Building Curry Ginger Flavor

The Flat Juicer Trick

Tahini Choices And Lighter Swaps

Olive Oil For Creamy Blend

Two Bean Method For Texture

Taste Test And Make It Yours

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Okay, let's make some fresh homemade hummus. It's really not that hard. We've got fresh whole garlic cloves. Gonna add some spices. We're gonna add, I'm making a curry hummus. This is gonna be awesome. So two teaspoons of oh my goodness. Fresh ground ginger. Two teaspoons of fresh ground curry. Oh, that's so good. So good. Maybe a little more. We're gonna juice two lemons. There's Enzo. This is the flooser. If you've never seen this, it's the flat juicer, and it's made of hard silicone, not metal with paint on it. That's nasty. And it just gets every ounce of juice out of there. It has a seed catcher, but it really, really is easy too. Okay, then we're gonna do tahini, which you could skip this if you want. Sometimes I use um chicken broth instead just to save on calories. So all tahini is is pressed sesame seeds. So it's actually really healthy for you. It's just a little high in calories, so um a little bit of a trade-off, but it makes the hummus very delicious and creamy and rich and delicious. Then, of course, good extra virgin olive oil. So I'm gonna put some in now just to get this all mixed up. But then we're gonna put the beans in, and then I will probably add some more. Plug this guy in. So now I'm gonna put in, I'd like to mix this up. I do one can, oh my gosh, Enzo, one can of garbanza beans, chickpeas, which is your typical hummus ingredient. I've strained and rinsed these, and then I like to do one can of Great Northern or cannellini beans because they're a little just softer and creamier, and I like the way that it results in just a delicious hummus. Okay, here we go. Okay, a little more olive oil. And I did do a little splash of water in with those beans, so maybe a couple tablespoons to a quarter cup there. And then you'll want to taste it, and you might want to add. But play around with it. Maybe you want a little more salt, maybe a little more lemon juice, maybe a little more spice. Make it your own. Easy, delicious, healthy. Let's get cooking.