Recipe for Spicy Chicken Shawarma
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast
- ½ cup yogurt
- 1 tsp garlic
- 1 tsp paprika powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- 2 tbsp chili sauce
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp lemon juice
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- Ingredients for pita bread
- 1 cup plain flour
- ½ cup rice flour
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp yeast
- Warm water as required
- Tahini sauce
- 1 tbsp garlic paste
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp sesame paste
- Ingredients for pickled vegetables
- 2 cups vinegar
- 1 beetroot
- 1 cucumber
- 1 onion
- 2 green chilies
- ½ tsp salt
Cooking Directions
Marinate chicken stripes with 1 tsp garlic, 4 tbsp lemon juice, ½ cup yogurt, 1 tsp paprika powder, ¼ tsp cardamom powder, ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp ground cumin, ½ tsp nutmeg powder and ½ tsp black pepper powder for an hour.
Then place in oven proof dish and bake in a preheated oven at 150 c for 20 minutes.
Take out of the oven and mix with chopped parsley, 2 tbsp chili sauce and 2 tbsp olive oil.
Method for Pita bread
Mix 1 cup plain flour, ½ cup rice flour, ½ tsp salt, 2 tbsp yeast, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tbsp oil and knead into fine dough. Put aside for an hour.
Roll portion of dough to make small rotis and bake in an oven proof dish at 150 c for 10 minutes.
Method for Tahini Sauce
In a bowl, add 4 tbsp sesame seeds, ¼ tsp salt, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 2 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp garlic paste and mix. Tahini Sauce is ready.
Method for pickled vegetables
In 2 cups vinegar, add a chopped cucumber, 2 green chilies, 1 beetroot, 1 onion and ½ tsp salt. Keep it preserved for 2 to 3 days. Mix with chicken as required.
Cut each pita bread into two halves and fill in chicken, pickled vegetables and tahini sauce.
Spicy Chicken Shawarma Photos
by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 1621 views