Hummus

I'm new to making my own hummus.  Daft as I always have tins of chickpeas in the cupboard.  But up to now I've always bought it from the supermarket. I did make it years ago and hated it - way too much garlic, and I'm not partial to tahini.  The recipe I tried today had no garlic and just a tad of tahini.  Because the chickpeas came with salt I shouldn't have added so much extra - uh, teach me to taste as I make!

Simple Tahini

1 Tin Chickpeas, drained
1 tbsp Tahini (unhulled, raw if poss)
.25 tsp ground cumin
.25 paprika (optional)
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
slug of olive oil
salt

Throw all of the ingredients except the salt into a food processor with S blade attachment.  Process until smooth.  Taste and add salt if required, especially if your chickpeas were not in salty water.

There, said it was easy.  Garnish with paprika, parsley, olives, or your favourite topping.  Experiment with adding sundried tomatoes or other flavourings.  Enjoy with crackers, salad, raw veggies, pitta bread, etc.

I'm afraid I didn't photograph it - I was in too much of a rush this morning, but if I did I would want it to look like this, from Living Without website:

I love this bowl!!  Click the pic to go
to the original photo from Living Without