I have tasted shawarma quite a few times here in restaurants. All the time it tasted like they have mixed chicken and veggies in mayo and rolled up in a pita bread. But i have tasted shawarma in a bakery here, they grill chicken right in the skewer in front of us, shred it up and stuff it in pita and serve, it was delicious.
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Marinating Time : 1 hour
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Makes : 4 shawarma
For Marinating:
Chicken – 500 grams Boneless thinly sliced
Thick Curd / Yogurt – 4 tblspn (RECIPE HERE)
Lemon Juice – 1 tblspn
Cinnamon Powder / Pattai Podi – 1 tsp
Cumin Powder – 1 tblspn
Coriander Powder / Malli Podi – 1 tblspn
Chilli Powder – 1 tblspn or to taste
Black Pepper Powder – 1 tsp
Garlic – 6 cloves chopped finely
Oregano – 1 tblspn
Cardamom Powder – 1 tsp
Dry Ginger Powder / Chukku Podi – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Olive Oil – 2 tblspn
For Yogurt Garlic Sauce:
Hung Curd / Greek Yogurt – 1 cup (RECIPE HERE)
Garlic – 10 cloves minced
Lemon Juice – 1 tblspn or to taste
Salt to taste
Black Pepper to taste
Other Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Pita Bread – 4 (RECIPE HERE)
Lettuce – 2 cup sliced thinly
Onion – 1 large sliced thinly
Tomato – 1 large deseeded and sliced thinly
Method:
Mix all the ingredients given for marinating chicken and leave it to marinate for 1 hour. Mix all the ingredients for sauce and mix well, keep this in fridge for 1 hour as well.
Now heat olive oil in a pan, add in the chicken and saute and cook this. Let the chicken get some colour as well. Remove this to a bowl.
Take a pita bread, spread some sauce, and spoon some chicken, top with lettuce, onion, tomato and some more sauce. Place this in foil and roll this really well.
Cut in half and serve.
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| There are the ingredients for marinating chicken |
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| Slice up your chicken |
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| add in some minced garlic |
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| and the spice powders |
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| add in some thick yogurt |
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| squeeze in some lemon juice |
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| mix well..Leave this to marinate for 1 hour |
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| Take hung yogurt in a bowl,i used plain curd |
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| add in garlic in a garlic press, you can grate it too.. |
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| mince it up |
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| add it in yogurt |
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| Add in some lemon juice |
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| season with some salt and pepper |
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| mix well and put this in fridge for 1 hour till the chicken is marinating |
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| Heat some olive oil in a pan |
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| add chicken in |
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| keep sauteing this till the chicken is cooked |
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| i kept on mixing it up |
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| now the chicken is cooked..I let it get some nice golden colour as well |
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| remove it to a bowl |
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| Now time to assemble..Take a whole wheat pita bread, RECIPE HERE |
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| Take some of the thick yogurt sauce |
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| spread it out evenly over the pita |
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| spoon some chicken filling in |
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| top with some sliced lettuce |
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| some sliced onions |
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| and some sliced tomatoes |
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| I then transfered it to a foil paper |
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| Spoon generous amount of the sauce |
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| roll it tightly |
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| cut in half |
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| serve immediately.. |
Looks yumm Aarthi….Thanks for recipe…
Looks absolutely delicious!
Happy New Year to you. Catherine
Hi Aarthi, I want to try this. Can we use Chappathi instead of pita bread?
Thanks
Vasantha
wow looks very tempting arthi,will try it today itself,i have been waiting for this recipie for a long time…thanks a lot
@Anonymousyes u can use
Mujhe malpua sikhna hai
Superb recipe aarthi..can u pls tell me any alternate for oregano..
@SindhujaNo sub, just leave it out.
Sis your non veg recipes are awesome
http://Www.Diya kitchen. com
is hung curd mandatory..can i use normal home made curd
Can I bake the chicken in an oven?If so,how much degree and for how much minutes?
Bake at 200 degree for 10 mins