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Hummus (hummis, houmous, hommus, or humus) is a dip made of chickpea paste with various additions (such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini). It is popular all over the Middle East, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, and increasingly in countries such as the UK and the US. It is traditionally scooped up with flatbread (pieces of pita) to be eaten, but it is increasingly popular as a dip for tortilla chips. Pronounced "houm-ous" or unusually "hoo-mous"

Hummus is relatively cheap to make at home. One may either use canned or dried chickpeas. In order to use dried chickpeas, they must be soaked in water overnight and then simmered for an hour or more to cook them. The cooked or canned chickpeas are ground either with a food processor or a hand blender with other ingredients. In addition to the standard ingredients of olive oil, lemon juice, and tahini, garlic, salt, cumin, and chili powder make excellent flavorsome additions. Peanut butterPeanut butter is a food product usually consisting of roasted and ground peanuts, sometimes sweetened. It is commonly sold in grocery stores, but can be made at home. Many styles are available; the most popular are creamy (smooth) and crunchy, but honey-r is occasionally substituted for the less common tahini.

It is also a nutritious food, containing a large amount of proteinmyoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. This protein was the first to have its structure solved by X-ray crystallography by Max Perutz and Sir John Cowdery Kendrew in 1958, which led to them receiving a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. A protein is a complex,, fiberFiber ( American English) or fibre ( International English) is elongated stringy natural, man-made or manufactured material. In the case of natural fibers, they often tie together the parts of natural creatures. Natural vegetable fibers, generally consist, and mono-unsaturated fatThis article is about lipid molecules, for FAT see File Allocation Table. In biochemistry, fat is a generic term for a class of lipids. Fats are produced by organic processes in animals and plants. All fats are insoluble in water and have a density signif, and is suitable for vegetariansFor animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. Vegetarianism is a dietary practice excluding all body parts of any animal and products derived from animals (e. lard, tallow, gelatin, cochineal) fro and vegansIn its adjective form, vegan describes: people (who avoid all animal products), diets (plant-based), food (containing no animal products), and products (containing no animal products and not animal tested). As a noun, a vegan is a person who follows a veg. Hummus makes a nice lunch - garnished with parsley, paprika, tomatoes, cucumber, and/or thin-sliced onions, and scooped up with a pita or tortilla chips. As a snack, hummus's slightly salty taste and somewhat rough texture, punctuated with a tang, make it especially suitable to be eaten with celery and other raw vegetables.

In addition to being easily made at home, hummus can be usually be found in the chilled section of supermarkets and at delicatessens.

It has no obvious relation to the biological matter in soil called humusFor article about the oriental food, see Hummus. Humus is a complex organic substance resulting from the breakdown of plant material in a process called humification. This process can occur naturally in soil, or in the production of compost. Humus is extr.



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