Better Than Chickpeas_ Try This Lentil Hummus Recipe.

Wow! Batia, that's divine. Yeah. Teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup. I had a dream that all my children turned into bottles one day. I should make it at home. Hi everybody, it's Rivki from Lev Ha'Olam and I am joined by Batia Erdstein, one of our beloved Lev Ha'Olam artisans. And I was so excited because Batia invited me to make hummus with her today. Here we are in the kitchen and Batia, I see not one single garbanzo bean in sight. What is going on? So you can make hummus from red lentils. No way. Yeah, especially when you're really busy doing a Lev Ha'Olam order and you have no time to boil garbanzo beans, you can just take red lentils and they cook in about 10-15 minutes and it's amazing. So I do have another life besides making these type of cups for Lev Ha'Olam. Actually, funny thing is that how do you know when you're over the top on orders? Is that when you start dreaming that your kids turned into bottles or nitilatya dime cups and that's what happened. It really happened? Yes, yes. I had a dream that all my children turned into bottles one day. By the way, let us know in the comments if you have this exact piece of pottery or a different piece of pottery from Batia in your house. So we have this amazing dip and you can just use it for challah or you can just use it also during the week to dip your vegetables in and it's just really easy, really healthy and fun. And we're making it because, you know, like on Shabbat when you do the Shabbat table, it's nice to have lots of different little salatines and things like this. So to get us started, Batia, we don't need garbanzo beans. We do need lentils. What else do we need? Okay, so we have tahini and so sometimes people mix water with tahini. We're not going to be using that kind. We're just going to use it straight. And we have salt, lemon, garlic and we have cilantro and then olive oil for the top for the garnishing. So Batia, what do we need to do next? First, we're going to take our lentils and we're going to boil them in hot water. Okay. Hot water. We're going to boil in hot water. Of course it's hot water. You know what? It's better to boil in hot water, I think. Just for the safe side. Don't try boiling in cold water. It's not going to work. So you're going to take the lentils and you're going to boil them. And the thing is, you just want to have a little bit more water than lentils. Okay. And you really want to kind of dry them out so they're cooked. You don't want like watery lentils. Nice and fluffy. All right, well, let's do that. Okay. Okay, so we have this hummus that's been cooked already and it's kind of dry. Okay. And I just stick it in there. Pour some tahini right into it. I don't know how much it is. Maybe a half a cup. Okay. I love cooking like this where you just put whatever and taste it. Yeah. And it'll be good. I think the reason why I cook like this is I get it from my grandmother. She was born in Yemen. Okay. And she came to Israel on the magic carpet. It's an amazing story. And I really encourage the whole Levah Olam community to read about it. It's a very beautiful history of the Yemenite Jews, how they came to Israel. Wow. And so when I would say to my Safda, grandmother, I would say, Safda, how do you make something? And they didn't have measuring cups and teaspoons. So she would say, ha-di, which means like this. Or she would say ha-di, which was like more like a tablespoon. And then when she would say ha-di, it would be like a cup. So you have teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup. That's incredible. And that's how women really cooked. And that's fine. If you want to cook like an Israeli, then you are in luck. We have prepared a beautiful recipe book just for you. It's filled with wonderful recipes from right here in the Holy Land. And if you would like to receive your totally free recipe book from us at Levah Olam, just follow the link in the comments below and we will be happy to share the recipe book with you. So you just pour a little on there, you know, and you can do like, let's say one lemon, juice of one lemon. And also, again, I don't care about the pits. I just put it in. Batia, how old was your grandmother when she came to Israel? I don't know. She was one of two wives. Okay. And I think she was the second wife. Wow. And so they moved to Hadera. They were actually brought to Hadera. Okay. Where they raised their family. The story of the Yemenite Jews coming to Israel is truly one of the extraordinary stories of the modern state of Israel. And at that time in Yemen, for the protection of women, oftentimes there were two wives because otherwise those women would be taken. So nowadays, obviously in Israel, we don't need that. So it's just one wife. You know, they would ask my Safta, Safta Sara. Her name is Safta Sara. What's the secret for a long life? Because she lived a long life. So she said two things. She said good Yemenite soup. Yes. And not to take things too seriously. Wow. You heard it. This is ancient wisdom. Right. That's why she never measured. She wouldn't take things, you know, just a little bit of a lemon and whatever. And it always came out good. Okay. So then you're just going to put in, let's say five, six cloves. Okay. Obviously, if you're using a small amount, so use less. But you want a little bit of a garlic cookie flavor. So you use somewhere between five to seven cloves. And then this. And I'm just going to take this. Oh, I can't use that. Okay. Has a little cap on top. I was wearing a hat. Oh, I like this. Can you sit? Can you leave this for me? This is honestly the best salt ever. This is great. So you put salt. And then you can taste it later to see if you need more. And then we have this beautiful kuzba, we call it in Hebrew, which is cilantro. You can use parsley if you want. I like cilantro better. Yeah. And I'm just going to cut it just a little bit. And this is kind of going to be like a little bit of a green hummus. Oh, nice. This is delicious. And we made a video before of lentil chips. So you could even use your lentil chips too. Oh, yeah. It would be so good. And then I think that we're just going to put a little bit in the beginning and see what happens. This also freezes really well. So see, this is counterintuitive. I wouldn't have thought to put it in a serving platter like this. Oh, yeah. But it looks really nice. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Because then you have so much room to put more olive oil on. Now you know you're talking my language. That wasn't a little bit. Okay. It's still good. I put it poured a little bit quick. And then you just garnish it. Oh, Batia. Just like that. You must have such a beautiful Shabbat table. We do. Especially when we switched from plastic to homemade ceramics. Yeah. Because for years, we didn't have my ceramics. Or we didn't have anybody's ceramics. You know, we just had plastic. And then when I finally sat down to make a Shabbat family set. Yeah. It was just over the top. Oh, my goodness. That's really cool. So, Batia, this is like always. This is real. They always come and they eat my Shabbat food. I love it. While I'm making it. We have the proper taste testers. Taste testers. You're going to try it and let us know how it is. Yeah. Let's see if it's good. Good? Okay. I should make it at home. You know, Batia, isn't it true that like if your kids love your cookings, it's better than like the greatest critic in the world saying your cooking is good. Yes, it's true. I thank you so much for showing us this amazing and easy recipe. And for those of you who are part of our Lev Olam community, who support Israel with Lev Olam, thank you so much. It's people like Batia and her family and her business and her community that you're touching. If you have been thinking about maybe checking out Lev Olam, I invite you to do so. There's a link in the comments and you can see through this video, like Batia has been with Lev Olam for over 12, over 10 years, close to 12 years, I think, making ceramics for our members around the world. And I know there are people who have whole collections of Batia ceramics. So I promise you that it encourages her and her family, but it makes really a difference for so many of us in Israel. We just love you and thank you. Should we just try one more time? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think we have to make sure it's good. We do. It's our moral responsibility. Really good with crunchy bell peppers. You guys, this is insane. It's so good. Like really, it's insane. It's so good. I'm for sure making this for Shabbat. It'll come over. Yeah, I love it. Thanks for joining us. We're going to nosh a bit. Wow. Amazing. It's not just good. That's like, wow, good. Wow, wow. I have to. It's really good. Just make sure. So she did a double dip. I did do a double dip. Terry Seinfeld, he's going to be mad, but I had to. It's so good.