By SUSAN M. NOVICK

The hummus made fresh daily at Hummus World in Roslyn Heights is so thick and creamy you can eat it with a fork. Just ask any of the local high school students who wolf down plates of the chickpea and tahini spread at one of six small tables and then take out a pint for later

The couple who own Hummus World, Esther and Yochanan Derman, keep the year-old glatt kosher snack bar convivial and crowded. (Glatt kosher is the highest standard of cleanliness under kosher law.) Clients and friends stop in for a bowl of Israeli chicken soup and to see how Esther’s hot sauces turned out that day. “It depends on my mood in the morning,” she said, laughing. “If my husband gets me upset, the hot sauce is so hot it’s like I stuck a whole chili pepper in the blender.”

Those spicy sauces — one made with pickled mango, another a green sauce with garlic and cilantro — add zest to the traditional shawarma. The skinless chicken is seasoned with a mix of 52 spices, including cumin and turmeric, roasted on a spit, then carved and served in a pita or on a platter with hummus and Israeli salad.

The excellent chickpea falafel is greaseless and flecked with parsley and has the soft crunch of ground coriander seeds.

The pita sandwiches are big, messy and terrific, especially the shawafel, which puts the entire menu in one sandwich. Two hands can barely hold a pita packed with shawarma, falafel, hummus, salad and baba ganoush.

“After a sandwich like this,” Esther said, “you need a nap.”