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Kosher vegetarian recipes from my kitchen in Tel Aviv
Super-fresh hummus
August 5, 2009 at 1:00 am | Tags: beans, chickpea, Israeli, parve, tahini, vegan | 6 Comments
My friend Kazue is visiting from Japan, and her favorite food here just happens to be hummus. So I whipped up a batch or three. Hummus is quite possibly one of the simplest things to make, full of rich, creamy flavor — so long as you use fresh chickpeas. That canned stuff with the weird metallic aftertaste just isn’t as good.
This requires a bit of advance planning, and a lot of passive cooking time. The chickpeas soak overnight, and then cook slowly on the stove. But don’t worry, you don’t have to watch them too closely. And then you’re pretty much done — just drain the water, and whir the beans with some olive oil, tahini and salt. You’ll have the richest hummus you’ve ever tasted, on par with any of the hummus restaurants around here.
And if you want that sour, slightly rancid taste that characterizes hummus purchased at the supermarket, in absurdly small containers? Don’t worry, just leave it in the fridge for a week or two. Continue reading Super-fresh hummus…
Cold sesame noodles with cucumber and wakame
June 2, 2009 at 1:00 am | Tags: cucumber, Japanese, noodles, parve, tahini, tofu, vegan, wakame | 3 Comments
It’s getting a little too hot to eat warm food. Fortunately, these sesame-coated noodles are cold and refreshing. This preparation is vaguely Japanese-inspired, due to the wakame and soy sauce, but with a local twist of tahini. To the best of my knowledge, you can’t readily find tahini in Japan, because if you can, I’m not sure why our friends there asked us to bring a kilo of it with us when we came to visit. Continue reading Cold sesame noodles with cucumber and wakame…
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