Ingredients
1 1/2 cups chickpeas, cooked from dry or canned, drained and rinsed
3 tablespoons tahini
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/8 teaspoon salt, or to taste

Instructions
1. Place all ingredients in a food processor container fitter with a steel blade. Cover and process until pureed.



Comments
This recipe is another from 1,000 Vegetarian Recipes, one of my favorite, and most recommended, vegetarian cookbooks.  I believe that this was the first thing I ever made once I got a food processor, it’s one of those dishes that’s sort of difficult to make without one!  

Shown here with Black Bean Hummus.