Ya Ya's Restaurant Grilled Pita and Hummus recipe. (2024)

FAQs

What can you put in hummus to make it taste better? ›

Next, enhance the blank slate of flavor with a few squeezes of lemon juice, a sprinkling of garlic salt, a turn of freshly cracked pepper, a heavy-handed sprinkle of paprika, and a generous drizzle of your nicest olive oil. Bonus points if you have an herby olive oil on hand with a little color to it.

Another cause might be that your lemon is a bit old, causing it to taste more bitter than sour. Lastly, if you've added too much garlic or just happened to used a particularly strong clove, it'll leave the hummus with a very pungent, raw taste.

Tahin and garbanzo beans are typically quite bland and since they make up most of the the bulk of the ingredients, without salt, your hummus will be pretty tasteless. I do a few things that elevate my hummus. I sauté my garlic in good olive oil with ground cumin before adding it.

Any ground meat, sautéed with chopped onions and garlic and spices is amazing over hummus. Beef, lamb, pork, chicken, turkey: you choose.

While hummus is a very healthy snack option, it should not be consumed in large quantities.

The taste:

I loved it. I have to admit it tasted a little bit different to the shop-bought hummus I am used to, but definitely in a good way. I added more than a squeeze of lemon juice and it had a really fresh taste and just tasted light and healthier, yet the texture also felt more substantial than shop-bought.

It tastes bad - the amount of lemon and tahini is off. It has preservatives and it has ingredients that are unnecessary (like salt), it uses soy bean oil, and other stuff like locust bean gum that I'm guessing is added for a smoother texture.

A: Many packaged hummus brands are pretty healthy – the basic ingredients are chickpeas, tahini (sesame seed paste), olive oil, garlic and lemond juice. But making it at home allows you to control the sodium, calories and nutrients. It means you can also play with the taste.

Hummus is made with chickpeas which are high in fiber. If your digestive system isn't accustomed to a high fibre diet it will likely feel a bit tense in there.

But for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), hummus may cause stomach problems. "Hummus can cause gas, bloating and possibly diarrhea in people who are sensitive to beans," says Elena Ivanina, DO, a gastroenterologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

What do Jews eat with hummus? ›

A good plate of hummus MUST be accompanied by a few decent pitot (plural for pita bread). One eats the hummus by breaking of a piece of the pita bread, wiping it in the hummus and then popping it in your mouth. Yummm.... heaven!

Carrots, celery, green and red bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, you name it – can be dipped. It's a great way to add veggies to your diet without getting bored.

As an appetizer and dip, diners scoop hummus with flatbread, such as pita. It is also served as part of a meze or as an accompaniment to falafel, grilled chicken, fish, or eggplant. Hummus is a popular dip in Egypt where it is eaten with pita, and frequently flavored with cumin or other spices.

Nuts, seeds, spices

Top up your hummus with delicious spices and nuts that not only look beautiful, but also add another depth of flavour. Try sprinkling with spices such as sumac, baharat blend or paprika, and with toasted pine nuts, pumpkin seeds or roasted chickpeas.

Sometimes I'll eat a pile of it with my dinner, doused with olive oil, cumin and diced onion. If you prefer to dip into it, bell peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes are great for dunking into hummus. You can also thin it with some tahini, season it up and use it as a salad dressing.

Garlic: Fresh garlic cloves are always superior to garlic powder, and it's especially true in homemade hummus! Baking soda: Adding baking soda to the chickpeas helps make the legume easier to digest, softer, and makes them easy to peel. Don't skip this ingredient!