Home Made Hummus (No Tahini Sauce) With Poached Egg

Ingredients: Hummus: 1/3 Cup Chickpeas 2 Tsp Berbere Powder (or according to taste. If you don't have Berbere Powder, which is an Ethiopian spice, Use Paprika or just chili powder) 2 Tsp Chili Powder (or according to taste) 2 Tsp Cumin Powder 2 Garlic Cloves Olive Oil (as needed) Pepper Flakes (according to taste) Salt (To taste) Tahini Sauce (if you have it use as needed) Pita Bread 1 Egg or More (Poached) Soak the Chickpeas overnight in a bowl of water covered. Next morning drain the water and put chickpeas in a pressure cooker dish and add enough water to cover the chickpeas and cook for three to four whistles. You can also just cook the chickpeas on the stove top with boiling water but this will take twice as much time. Once Chickpeas are cooked drain the water (don't throw the drained water out, but keep it aside). Now add the Chickpeas, Berbere Powder, Chili Powder, Cumin Powder, Garlic and Tahini Sauce (optional) and grind in a food processor. The grinding process takes a while so take your time. Slowly start adding olive oil and the drained water to help smooth out the Chickpeas occasionally stopping to scrape and mix the Chickpeas in the food processor so that everything is incorporated properly . Usually 1/3 cup of Olive oil and a cup of the water should do. Incorporate both slowly in intervals and grind till you get a smooth thick consistency. Add the salt and grind once more. The Hummus should be thick but smooth at the same time. Transfer the contents to a bowl, add some olive oil on top and some Red Pepper Flakes as a garnish. Refrigerate till chilled and then enjoy it with toasted Pita bread and a Poached egg. Why the Poached Egg, Pita bread with Hummus go together, I don't know. I made this for breakfast this morning and it was delicious. If you don't eat eggs, then have it with a cold cucumber salad. Mind you I did not have Pita bread, but had store bought Pizza base (technically a round piece of whole wheat bread but here they call it a Pizza base, which I cut into triangular slices and toasted and it was pretty darned good. So if you don't have or cant get Pita bread, eat the hummus with whatever you like).