What is Hummus?
[[File:Lebanese style hummus.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Hummus]] '''Hummus''' or '''houmous'''<ref name=camb>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hummus?a=british|title=hummus meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|accessdate=27 April 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807153452/http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hummus?a=british|archivedate=7 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=oed>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/hummus|title=hummus - Definition of hummus in English by Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries - English|accessdate=27 April 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717071636/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/hummus|archivedate=17 July 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> full Arabic name: ''ḥummuṣ bi-ṭ-ṭaḥīna'' {{lang-ar|حمص بالطحينة}}, meaning 'chickpeas with tahini' is an Arab dip. Several ethnicities in the Mediterranean, including Turkish people, have traditionally eaten hummus, which may have originated in Egypt. .<ref>{{Cite web|title=14th Century Egyptian Hummus|url=https://www.mediterraneanliving.com/recipe-items/14th-century-egyptian-hummus/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Mediterranean Living|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508202713/https://www.mediterraneanliving.com/recipe-items/14th-century-egyptian-hummus/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Spechler|first=Diana|title=Who invented hummus?|url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171211-who-invented-hummus|access-date=2021-05-27|website=www.bbc.com|language=en}}</ref> The dish then spread across [[The Levant]] and [[North Africa]]. It is high in [[nutrition|nutrients]], for instance [[protein]], iron, [[vitamin C]] and B<sub>6</sub>, and dietary fiber. Hummus is often eaten with [[pita]]. When hummus is served with [[bread]] the proteins of the hummus and of the bread go well together, creating