🇵🇸 Palestine
Hummus / Musabbaha
Palestinian kitchens love musabbaha — hummus left chunky, warm chickpeas folded through the tahini sauce.
🔪 Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 45 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
Served warm and chunky (musabbaha style) with whole chickpeas, cumin, and a fiery shatta on the side.
Ingredients
- 250 gdried chickpeas, soaked overnight
- 120 gtahini
- 2 lemons, juiced
- 2 clovesgarlic, crushed
- 1 tspground cumin
- 1 tspsalt
- 3 tbspolive oil
- to tastegreen chili shatta, to serve
Method
- 1
Cook the chickpeas until completely tender, keeping them in their broth.
- 2
Whisk tahini with lemon juice, garlic, salt, and a ladle of warm chickpea broth into a loose sauce.
- 3
Fold most of the warm chickpeas through the sauce, mashing them only lightly.
- 4
Plate, scatter the remaining chickpeas, dust with cumin, and finish with olive oil.
- 5
Serve warm with shatta and fresh bread — this dish doesn't wait.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4