How to make Shawarma -
A Middle Eastern speciality - grilled Chicken wrapped in pita breads and served with yogurt sauce and salad.
This recipe is from the book Wrap n Roll.
Main Ingredients : Chicken Breasts (चिकन ब्रेस्ट ), Pita Bread (पीटा ब्रेड )
Cuisine : Middle Eastern
Course : Snacks and Starters
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Shawarma Recipe Card
Hindi: murgh
Be a kid or a teenage or an adult or an oldie, chicken lovers trend all over the world at all times! One meat that is a favourite of all beyond belief! When cooked, it can be presented in many guises. Sauté it, fry it, toss it, bake it, steam it – eat it the way you want to. Whatever its form may be upon being cooked, its flavour may change but its flesh remains high in protein, low in fat and can be digested easily.
Prep Time : 26-30 minutes
Cook time : 31-40 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Shawarma Recipe
Chicken Breasts 4
Pita Bread 4
Olive oil 4 tablespoons
Salt to taste
For Yogurt sauce
Yogurt 1 cup
Salt to taste
Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
Lemon juice 2 tablespoons
Fresh parsley 1 sprigs
For Salad
Onion sliced 1 medium
Tomato sliced 1 medium
Jalapenos sliced 2
Salt to taste
Tahini 2 tablespoons
Yogurt 3 tablespoons
Fresh mint leaves torn 6-8
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 200°C. Slit chicken breasts lengthwise without cutting through. Dribble olive oil over them, sprinkle salt and fold the pieces.
Step 2
Thread these pieces onto a skewer. Keep the skewer on a rack on which the skewer will rotate. Place the rack in the preheated oven and cook at 200°C.
Step 3
For the yogurt sauce add salt, garlic paste to yogurt and whisk well. Add lemon juice and mix. Put this mixture over a muslin cloth kept over a bowl, gather the edges and squeeze tight to get smooth yogurt sauce. Garnish with a sprig of parsley. Set it as
Step 4
Once the chicken is cooked remove from oven and shred it finely keeping it on the skewer itself. Toast pita breads lightly. Slit them open to form a pocket. Set aside. Mix onion, tomato, jalapenos, salt, tahina, yogurt and mint leaves to form a salad.
Step 5
Stuff the pita pocket with some of the shredded chicken mixture and then top it up with this onion tomato salad.
Step 6
Serve immediately with yogurt sauce.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 2217 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 184 gm
Protein : 169.3 gm
Fat : 89.1 gm
Other : Zinc- 3.5mg
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