When I first saw Star Wars, I didn’t really understand it. I was around 9, keeping myself busy with learning how to write my name in Kanji, so I figured I was just too little to understand it. A decade later, I watched it again with a grown-up mind, and I remember I loved it, but I also remember I still didn’t really understand it. Why would a Wookiee, an 8-foot-tall Wookiee, wants to live on Endor, with a bunch of 2-foot-tall ewoks? Instead of looking for an answer, I decided to create a food that doesn’t really make sense just like Chewbacca himself.
Why would a Japanese girl, a pancake-loving ninja girl, wants to cook hummus look like Chewbacca? Today, we are going to find out why she did what she did by using the only organic vegan items such as black beans, tahini, and some fresh lemon. It might look questioning at first, but it -really- tastes great. So let’s get ready to the kitchen and make your own Chewie.
Instead of using chick peas, we are using black beans today. Black beans are perfect for the color of Chewie, without using any coloring agents. 
Soaking the beans overnight is a must when it comes to hummus. Here are the “before and after” black beans 😉
- ・2 cups black beans
- ・1~2 chopped garlic cloves
- ・7-8 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ・1/3 cup tahini
- ・1 tsp kosher salt, or to taste
- ・2 tbsp cumin powder
- ・1 tbsp coriander powder
- ・1 tsp cayenne pepper (to taste)
- ・1 tsp black pepper (to taste)
- ・1~2 cups broccoli (enough to make a forrest)
- ・8~10 mini tomatoes
- ・a handfull kaiware
- ・1 sheet seaweed
- ・1 slice onion
1: Prepare the black beans.
After Soaking the black beans overnight, drain the old water (it should look all black!) and place the beans with 4 cups of fresh water. low-Heat to boiling and boil for 1~2 hours. (it depends on what kind of beans you are using)
2: Put freshly squeezed lemon juice, and chopped garlic in a food processor.
Also, start boiling broccoli for making the forest for later.
3: Add the beans, Tahini, cumin powder, coriander powder, black pepper, Cayenne pepper.
Run a food processor on for a couple of minutes until the mixture is all combined.
4: Nice and brown hummus, here it is.
5: Place the hummus on a flat plate.
Try all your best to make the shape of Chewbacca on a plate.
6: Cut the seaweed and onion, and you are done.
Seaweed is going to be for his dark eye circle, nose, and bag strap. Then cut the onion into small squares, for his teeth and also his shoulder strap. Simply place the pieces on your hummus.
Dipping the forest (broccoli) in Chewbacca’s face was the best part.
Now that he looks nothing but a monster… Sorry Chewbacca, you were too yummy.
May the force be with you, and have a good time in the kichen.
Thanks for reading.
xo
-Yuki
Dude, right on there brthreo.
Hehe! <3