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Updated: Vika Vasilenko
06/13/2017 Cooking time: 25 min
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This is probably one of the most delicious snacks. Making shawarma is very easy at home. Buy the products according to the list and repeat after me! Everything is very simple and quite fast.
Shawarma recipe at home
It’s not difficult to prepare this dish at home; it will be even safer than bought at a stall or at a market or train station. After all, the main thing is that you yourself know what you put inside, and you can add or change the ingredients to your own taste and taste. This chicken version is simple and proven, one might say easy to prepare, because instead of flatbread we will use Armenian lavash.
The technology is given for one or two servings. You can modify the composition and take products by eye. I suggest a version without cheese. So what should shawarma or shawarma prepared at home be like?
We will need:
- Armenian lavash - 1 pc.
- Boiled sausage - 100 g
- Boiled chicken meat - 200 g
- White cabbage – 150 g
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Pickled cucumbers - 1 pc.
- Bell pepper - 1 pc.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Salt to taste
- Greens to taste
- Ketchup - 2-3 tbsp.
- Mayonnaise - 2-3 tbsp.
- Mustard - 1 tsp.
- Apple cider vinegar or 9% - for pickling onions + a little water
Cooking method:
1. Take one small pita bread, or a large pita bread, but it will need to be cut into two halves. Place it on a clean, dry table. First layer - chop the cabbage with a knife.
Important! If you want to bake lavash yourself, then you will find the dough and all the secrets of its preparation in my other articles, which will certainly appear soon. Usually, everyone takes ready-made pita bread and invents this delicious roll.
2. Second step, sprinkle grated or cut into strips carrots on top of the cabbage.
Important! You can cut carrots with a special knife. And if you want the dish to be even tastier and spicier, then take a ready-made Korean one, or create one yourself.
3. Next comes chopped pickled cucumber. It needs to be chopped into small cubes or grated on a fine or coarse grater.
4. Next step, add the pickled onions. If you don’t know how to pickle onions, then read this article. There I told you how to cook kebabs and, as a bonus, at the end I described the process of preparing pickled onions.
Important! You don’t have to use onions at all, it’s not for everyone.
Then place the sausage cut into strips and bell pepper on top. And boiled chicken in small pieces. Lubricate everything with mayonnaise and ketchup. Such bright colors, even now at this stage you want to eat everything. Season with salt and pepper to taste; you can also use fresh herbs or replace them with dried ones.
5. The most important point remains, this is how to wrap the shawarma beautifully so that it does not crumble.
Important! Do not make the filling large in volume, because then you will not be able to wrap it, it will be too thick.
First, fold the right edge into the middle of the sheet, as shown in the picture.
6. Next, do this:
7. Well, it's time to see what came of it. Try it, it's simply delicious. This juicy delicacy will give you an unforgettable taste. My husband says this is the best food in the world, what do you think?
