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Just enough water to get it to the right consistency usually works well. Make sure there’s enough garlic and salt in there.
But I wouldn’t shy away from a serious slug of extra virgin olive oil. It might look like unwanted calories but it’s a good fat, well recognised as good for your heart and your houmous is full of protein and fibre (from the chick peas and tahini) and it’ll stop you getting hungry later. There are a lot worse sources of calories that will be of zero benefit. Your home made houmous is good nutrition.
What do you put in it? I made some with tahini and then I looked at the calories in tahini. Fuck me!! I suppose it’s good fat but still…