[Closed] Houmous who's is the best ?

You've answered your own question there..... 🙂

Do you like having sex with chickpeas? Are you a homousexual?

Sainsburys smoked jalapeno houmas is nice. Tescos do a similar one as well.

Just to up the ante a little bit. Who makes better hummus? Palestinians or Israelis?

My own take is that Israeli Hummus and salads are better, but both Palestinian pitta and falafel far trump the Israelis take on things.

I like the Sabra brand you can get in Saintsbury's.

how far are you willing to travel for it ?

I'd suggest testing the types on sale in each of your usual supermarkets and then, after spending that tenner, carrying on

+1 for making it yourself.

THen you can adjust the amount of Tahini/Garlic/Seasoning you put in plus you can add other stuff that you want.

If you don't fancy boiling up a whole bag of dried chickpeas just get canned ones which you use straight away.

They're pretty cheap at LIDL/ALDI.

Who makes better hummus? Palestinians or Israelis?

This is the sole cause of all the rather ugly business down there.

Of course the answer is neither, its all rank.

Waitrose organic, although the Morrisons low fat stuff is what we usually have that quite tasty

Houmous... thats not man food

Bacon is where its at

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No accounting for taste. Homemade all the way. For convenience then go with whatever you can get yr hands on.

My attempts at multiple recipes never lived up to supermarket. Call me heathen if you wish. My absolute favourite was a brand that was impossible to find outside the odd health food shop or in London - can't remember the name but came in quite a sturdy pot (compared to supermarket stuff) with a white lid and north london address on.

mikey74 - Member
Sainsburys smoked jalapeno houmas is nice

I'm a bit of a Houmous-purist. I like to take mine 100% pure, uncut.

I've tried making it several times, and it's always seemingly a little too garlicy or a little too bland or whatever. Just find the supermarket stuff pretty lush really.

Saino's for me... 🙂

Tried most of the supermarket stuff - the co-op's own wins hands-down.

Aldi is pretty damn good

As per @freddyg's post we where very pleasantly surprised by the co-op one (and we eat quite a lot of it so have tried many)

I like the M&S ones but they are £££ I normally buy the Sainsbury's low fat either red pepper or tomato and basil.

lidl one with pesto is good.

houmous is unique.

anything else, and you can make it yourself with better results than buying it.

cake, curry, soup, bread, etc.

but i can't make houmous that tastes half as good as the cheap stuff in the supermarket.

the best houmous comes from NZ, there's a brand called 'food by chefs' or something.

Tesco Caramelised Onion Hummus in my Huus.

it's another one (like peanut butter) where variety is great. smoetimes chunky, sometimes smooth, sometimes tahiniey (?!)

Aldi one is decent. Our local middle eastern/polish/bit of everything shop has decent, cheap too. chunkier and more chick peas than supermarket ones.

Crispy roast potatos tossed in Houmous and sprinkled with coriander leaf.
Yum!
Or as a dip for sliced Coxs apples....
Waitrose organic from the deli counter for me.

skellnonch - Member

Houmous... thats not man food

Bacon is where its at

Try both. 💡

I had always suffered from the "homemade not as good as shop bought" issue until the other day, I was making some when I realised there was no cumin in the house, went to the shop, none ther either, a rummage through the collection of stuff in the cupboard revealed that the only source of cumin was the Blackend Cajun Spice mix I got from Costco, chucked that in in lieu of cumin and it is immense. Might knock up some more later, idieting again.

Yarden, the deluxe one with the big dollop of stuff that looks like pesto but I think is actually cucumbers.

Israeli, for the record. Failing that go and buy a pot from a takeaway. Persian ones tend to be good.

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