It is called "shawarma", "shawarma" and even, in some places, "shawarma". It is wrapped in all types of flat cakes - from pit to thin Armenian lavash. It is sold near the metro, at train stations and in quite decent cafes. No matter how society treats it, it should be admitted that it is really tasty!
It is necessary
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- meat or poultry
- onion
- garlic
- mayonnaise
- sour cream
- parsley
- cucumbers
- tomato
- cabbage
- salt
- pepper
- pita or pita bread
- pan
- knife
- whisk or blender
- cutting board
- plate
- the spoon
Instructions
Step 1
Chop the onion and garlic and add them to the sauce. Mix sour cream and mayonnaise in equal proportions. Chop the parsley very finely. Combine all ingredients and whisk well. If desired, the mixture can be pounded in a blender. For lovers of exotic flavors, it is good to add a little curry powder or turmeric powder to the sauce. But traditional shawarma does not provide for such an additive.
Step 2
Fry the meat. Better to take veal, beef or lamb. It should be noted: too young veal, with its undoubtedly dietary properties, has a rather weak taste. And the lamb will roast much longer, and there is a risk of "running into" the female meat, which has a specific smell. So good beef - brisket or thigh, cut into small pieces of 10-15 g, salted and pepper, will be the ideal meat for shawarma.
Step 3
Chop vegetables. Fresh cucumbers and cabbage - in strips, tomatoes - in small cubes (it is advisable to remove the skin and seeds from a tomato first). Salt. The proportions of vegetables can be arbitrary, but most often 30 g of fried meat, 50 g of vegetable salad and 25 g of sauce are used for 1 pita. If desired, the tab of the ingredients can be increased, as well as replaced with vegetables selected at will or according to the season.
Step 4
Collect the shawarma using pita bread, wrap the filling like an envelope. You can also use corn tortillas. Although this will be a slightly different dish, in fact, they will work too.
Step 5
Use poultry, such as chicken, instead of meat if desired. Take meat from the thighs, without skin and cartilage. Chop it, drizzle with lemon juice, salt and sprinkle with coarse black pepper. Fry in butter - it will be very tasty too. For vegetarians, we can recommend the option of shawarma without meat at all. They can fry the tofu pieces in vegetable oil.
