The very first time I met him, I had just returned from Israel determined to duplicate the amazing felafel I had near the Western wall. It was served wrapped in a huge piece of thin, round flatbread, contained every salad imaginable (eggplant salad, hummus, moroccan carrots, beet salad, etc., etc.) and it had French fries in it. It was unbelievable. Our apartment smelled like felafel for a week after all of the deep-frying.

Me Va Me's Shawarama is also top notch, as is their felafel, an inexpensive add-on to a salad plate if you're not going to indulge in shawarama or their excellent grilled fish.
Anyway, for this most recent visit, it was actually a coincidence that I was making this particular dish, as I didn't know he was coming at the time. We weren't expecting to see him until Thanksgiving. I had just been reading about different ways to serve hummus when I came across a few article that mentioned serving it with meat, and I realized that I could have a complete meal quite quickly.
One of my tricks when working with ground meat is to use a potato masher in the pan to evenly break-apart the meat.
Hummus with Meat (hummus bi-lahm)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, diced
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground turmeric
1/4 tsp ground coriander
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp garam masala
1 tsp ground sumac
500g ground chicken, beef, or lamb
salt and pepper, to taste
1 batch of hummus, already prepared
2-3 tbsp raisins
toasted pine nuts (not pictured above)
1 tomato, sliced chopped
- Heat oil in pan on medium and saute the onion until translucent.
- Add the cinnamon, turmeric, coriander, cumin garam masala and sumac, and stir for 1 minute.
- Add the ground chicken, using a potato masher to gently break up any large pieces as the meat cooks.
- When the chicken is nearly done, but some liquid still remains at the bottom of the pan, stir in the raisins.
- Continue to stir until chicken is done and most of the liquid has evaporated.
- To serve, spread the hummus on a broad platter or shallow bowl. Top with the chicken mixture and garnish with sliced tomatoes and toasted pine nuts.
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Ooh, that looks really interesting, I've never seen hummus with meat before in this way.
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I've never heard of hummus with meat! I love all kinds of hummus, and this one looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteI thought hummus was vegetarian?
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