Hummus and lettuce leaves

Five minutes from dried beans to hummus. How is that done? I know how I do it but for some reason it has not caught on and swept the world. 

I am proud to show off the trophy I was awarded for this culinary innovation by a group I hadn't heard of before, the VN DPG, the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetics Practice Group. Lovely people, they just sent it. 

Subtle. They object to bacon in a vegetarian dish.

* chickpeas in coffee grinder to powder

* X 3 water to chickpea powder

* butter or olive oil

* salt/pepper

* cayenne

* honey

* lemon or lime

* garlic 

* pulse in microwave and stir between pulses, stir a lot, to boiling, within three minutes.

* tahini or peanut butter + toasted sesame seed oil

* itsy bitsy 1/16 teaspoon cinnamon

* 1/8 teaspoon allspice and there goes the beautiful golden color.

* consider raisins

* consider nuts