Hummus with olive oil |Place of origin||Egypt, Levant| |Main
ingredient(s)||Chickpeas, tahini| Hummus (Arabic: حُمُّص) is a
Middle Eastern and Arabic food dip or spread made from cooked,
mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice,
salt and garlic. Today, it is popular throughout the Middle
East, Turkey, North Africa, Morocco, and in Middle Eastern
cuisine around the globe. Hummus is an Arabic word (حمّص ḥummuṣ)
meaning "chickpeas," and the complete name of the prepared
spread in Arabic is حمّص بطحينة ḥummuṣ bi ṭaḥīna, which means
"chickpeas with tahini". Spellings of the word in English can be
inconsistent. "Houmous" is the standard spelling in British
English. Among other spellings are hummus, hummous, hommos,
humos, hommus and hoummos. Many cuisine-related sources describe
hummus as an ancient food, or connect it to famous historical
figures such as Saladin. Indeed, its basic
ingredients—chickpeas, sesame, lemon, and garlic—have been eaten
in the region for millennia. But in fact, there is