Strip me naked and make me happy

I'm thinking of starting a quarantine food blog. Dishes that are really time consuming to make, but feature cheap ingredients and are fabulous to eat.

Nothing beats freshly made hummus... but it is a faff!

Ingredients 
200g chickpeas
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
4 tablespoons of tahini
Juice of 2 or 3 lemons (according to taste)
Salt (to taste)

Method
Put chickpeas in a bowl with twice the volume of water and half of the bicarb. Leave to soak for 24 hours.

Drain and rinse the peas, cover with cold water and remaining bicarb. Bring to the boil and simmer until mushy (around 3 hours). Top up with water if necessary.

Drain well, cool and reserve the cooking liquid (aquafaba *). 

As I have lots of time I then slipped off the skins (see above) but you don't have to. 

Blitz the chickpeas with tahini, garlic and a couple of tablespoons of the reserved liquid. Add the lemon juice and salt to taste and to the right viscosity.

Tip into a bowl and refrigerate. Serve with olive oil, paprika and Zatar.

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* aqufaba  mimics the properties of egg white, so it a great vegan alternative.