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Chicken Shawarma Recipe
Course
Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine
Arabic
Servings
4
Author
Bindu
Ingredients
For Marinating the Chicken
500
grams
chicken thigh pieces
salt as required
1
tbsp
pepper powder
1/2
tbsp
ginger garlic paste
1
tbsp
vinegar
1/3
cup
yogurt
3
cardamom
For Frying the Chicken
4 to 5
tbsp
olive oil
For Preparing the Filling Stuff
1
cucumber
1
tomato deseeded
5 to 6
leaves
lettuce
1
onion
For Assembling(1 shawarma roll)
2
tbsp
mayonnaise
2
tbsp
cream cheese spread
2
tbsp
red chili paste
3 to 4
pita bread/rumali roti/hot dog buns
Instructions
Marinating the Chicken
take the chicken into a bowl.
add salt as required, pepper powder, ginger garlic paste, vinegar, yogurt, crushed cardamoms, and mix well.
keep in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours.
Frying the Chicken
heat 2-3 tbsp of oil in a pan.
put the marinated chicken pieces and fry 10 minutes on each side flipping in between.
turn off the heat and keep aside.
take each chicken piece and put it on direct flame using a skewer or grill mesh.
turn the piece to all sides properly until it gets a nice smoky flavor and slightly burnt texture.
Preparing the filling Stuff
slice the chicken into small strips and keep aside.
add peeled&chopped cucumber, chopped tomato, onion, lettuce and mix well.
Assembling the Shawarma
take the pita bread/roti and smear 2 tbsp of mayonnaise over it.
place a big spoon full of the filling mixture, put some cream cheese spread, chili sauce and wrap it properly.
keep in microwave 10 to 15 seconds and serve hot.