Shawarma recipe

Shawarma is one of the main fast food dishes. Shawarma bought on the street or in an establishment may not always be tasty or healthy. In addition, it is unknown what it is made of and whether all standards were met during its manufacture. Therefore, the best option is to cook shawarma at home.

How to wrap shawarma

One of the main nuances when preparing shawarma is the wrapping method. This is necessary so that the dish does not fall apart and to make it more convenient to eat. There are several ways, the simplest is to unroll a sheet of pita bread, brush it with sauce, place the filling on the left side, leaving a little space below and on the left. Now take the left edge and, making two turns, wrap the filling. Then the bottom of the pita bread is wrapped, preventing the filling from falling out, and then the shawarma is wrapped from left to right until the end of the pita bread.

An option similar to the first one - only in this case the top of the shawarma is also closed, resulting in a completely closed dish. You can do this if you want to lightly fry the dish in a frying pan after wrapping, the filling will not fall out of the pita bread.

The “envelope” method - in this case, the pita bread is divided into two parts, the sauce is laid out on one of them and the filling is slightly lower than the center of the sheet. Now the bottom edge of the pita bread needs to be raised to the center, about half of the filling laid out. Then the right and left edges are also folded towards the center with the filling. The last step is to fold the top edge of the sheet. The result will be a small envelope with filling.

And another way - a sheet of pita bread is smeared with sauce and the filling is laid out in the center. Next, the side edges of the pita bread are pulled towards the middle of the sheet. Then the bottom edge of the sheet is folded one turn to cover the filling. After this, the shawarma is folded into a tube.

Shawarma sauce recipe

In fast food places, most often they put ketchup and mayonnaise in shawarma. Less commonly, sauces made from fermented milk products. For homemade shawarma, it is better not to use only mayonnaise and ketchup - the dish will be simple and ordinary. It is better to make a special sauce for shawarma using herbs, vegetables, spices and other ingredients.

The easiest classic

What you will need:

• half a spoon each sour cream, fermented baked milk and mayonnaise;
• quarter of a lemon;
• granulated sugar, salt, spices, pepper;
• 3 cloves of garlic.

How to do:

1. Combine liquid products in a bowl, mixing thoroughly.
2. Squeeze lemon juice there.
3. Grind the garlic with a press and, pressing with a spoon, mix with spices.
4. Transfer the mixture to the liquid ingredients and beat everything with a blender.
5. Leave for 2-3 hours.

Yogurt sauce

What you will need:

• several olives;
• a pinch of pepper mixture;
• 100 ml natural yogurt no additives;
• 1.5 spoons of mustard;
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice;
• a little oregano.

How to do:

1. Mix spices, lemon juice, a little salt, mustard.
2. Dilute the mixture with yogurt and beat with a blender.
3. Finely chop the olives and add to the sauce.

Tomato sauce

What is needed:

• 60 g tomato paste;
• tomato;
• half a bell pepper;
• a pinch of ground red pepper;
• small onion;
• 50 ml oil;
• cilantro;
• salt, granulated sugar.

How to cook:

1. Pour boiling water over the tomato and remove the skin. Divide into several parts and cut into small cubes.
2. Finely chop the onion and fry in oil.
3. Add chopped tomato to the onion and simmer a little.
4. Add tomato paste, salt, granulated sugar, red pepper. Cook until thick.
5. Finely chop the pepper and mix with tomato sauce, grind everything thoroughly using a blender.
6. Send chopped greens there.

Cucumber dressing

What you will need:

• a couple of cucumbers;
• 130 ml mayonnaise;
• a clove of garlic;
• paprika, salt;
• parsley;
• 90 ml sour cream;
• 30 ml lemon juice.

How to do:

1. Peel the cucumbers and grate them.
2. Add chopped garlic, spices, sour cream and mayonnaise to the grated mass.
3. Chop the greens there and pour in the citrus juice. Beat everything with a mixer.

Soy sauce for the dish

What you will need:

• 3 garlic cloves;
• 60 g walnuts;
• 160 ml sour cream;
• cilantro;
• spoon of lemon juice;
• hops-suneli, salt;
• spoon of soy sauce.

How to cook:

1. Grind the nuts, mix with chopped garlic, citrus juice and soy sauce.
2. Chop the greens and mix them with spices.
3. Combine the liquid sauce with herbs, add sour cream and lightly beat everything.

Shawarma with chicken

Summer shawarma with fresh vegetables

What you will need:

• lavash leaf;
• tomato;
• chicken fillet;
• cucumber;
• Chinese cabbage;
• 50 ml natural yogurt without additives;
• seasonings, salt;
• a clove of garlic;
• sunflower oil.

How to do:

1. Cut the chicken into strips, sprinkle with oil and sprinkle with spices to taste. Fry until golden brown.
2. Cut vegetables into strips, tomatoes into half rings.
3. Chop the garlic and mix with yogurt and spices.
4. Divide a sheet of lavash in half, brush with sauce and place the filling on it.
5. Wrap in any way convenient for you.
6. Can be fried grilled, heat in the microwave.

Winter shawarma

What is needed:

• 90 g chicken fillet;
• half a pickled cucumber;
• pickled onions;
• 50 g Korean carrots;
• half a fresh tomato;
• lavash leaf;
• a spoonful of sour cream and mayonnaise;
• khmeli-suneli pinch;
• garlic to taste.

How to do:

1. Cut the chicken, you can boil it, fry it or bake it according to your taste.
2. Cut vegetables into strips and half rings.
3. Mix sour cream with mayonnaise, adding chopped garlic, a little salt and spices to taste.
4. Coat the sheet with sauce that has been left for 20 minutes, place chicken meat, chopped vegetables, carrots and pickled onions on top.
5. You can add a little more sauce on top of the filling.
6. Wrap and lightly fry, seam side down.
7. Before serving, you can cut the dish into a couple of pieces and pour the prepared sauce on top.

Shawarma with pork

Cheese shawarma

What is needed:

• 250 g pork;
• lavash leaf;
• cherry tomatoes 5-6 pieces;
• 90 g mayonnaise;
• fresh dill;
• salt, spices;
• garlic to taste;
• 100 g solid cheese;
• half a fresh cucumber.

How to cook:

1. Cut the meat into slices and fry in a frying pan without oil.
2. Chop the greens, chop the garlic and mix with mayonnaise.
3. Mix the fried meat with the prepared garlic sauce.
4. Grate the cheese, chop the vegetables into strips, and divide the tomatoes in half.
5. Lightly grease the pita bread with sauce, lay out the meat and vegetables, adding grated cheese.
6. Wrap the dish and heat or fry.

Delicious shawarma

What you need:

• lavash;
• 250 g pork;
• 80 g Korean carrots;
• fresh cabbage;
• tomato;
• half a cucumber;
• 70 ml each of mayonnaise and ketchup;
• a pair of garlic cloves;
• 100 g champignons;
• salt, pepper, barbecue seasoning.

How to do:

1. Cut the meat into strips, fry in a small amount of oil with spices.
2. Chop the vegetables into strips.
3. Finely chop the mushrooms and fry in a small amount of oil. You can add a little onion.
4. Grind the garlic and combine with ketchup, mayonnaise, a pinch of salt and any spices.
5. Grease the pita bread with sauce, add the filling, wrap and fry.

Shawarma with beef

Dish with vegetables

What is needed:

• 200 g beef;
• tomato;
• pickled cucumber;
• lavash leaf;
• dried basil;
• 30 ml each of soy sauce and olive oil;
• fresh dill and parsley, you can take green onions;
• small onion;
• garlic;
• 3 spoons of mayonnaise.

How to cook:

1. Cut the beef into strips, sprinkle with basil, add oil and soy sauce. Refrigerate for 3 hours.
2. Fry the meat in oil for a quarter of an hour.
3. Cut the onion into rings and pour in soy sauce.
4. Finely chop the vegetables, chop the greens.
5. Mix chopped garlic with herbs and mayonnaise.
6. Grease the sheet with sauce, lay out the meat, pickled onions, vegetables, pour the rest of the sauce on top.
7. Wrap and reheat.

Shawarma with minced meat

What is needed:

• lavash;
• 100 g cheese;
• tomato;
• 170 g minced beef;
• fresh herbs;
• bulb;
• a couple of spoons of natural yogurt;
• salt, spices;
• a clove of garlic.

How to cook:

1. Pour oil into a frying pan and fry the minced meat with the addition of black pepper and salt.
2. Grate the cheese, cut the vegetables into strips, chop the greens.
3. Mix yogurt with spices and garlic.
4. Place the sauce, chopped herbs, minced meat, vegetables, and onions on the pita bread.
5. Sprinkle cheese on top, wrap the shawarma and fry in butter.

Open shawarma

Such a dish can be open on one or both sides, and instead of pita bread, you can use Mexican tortilla or loaf. And the filling can be meat, fish, sausages, seafood, crab sticks, eggs, cheese, mushrooms and much more.

Dish with lamb

What you will need:

• fresh cucumber;
• tomato;
• 100 g lamb;
• 50 g potatoes;
• fresh herbs;
• lavash;
• spices, salt;
• garlic;
• a couple of spoons of sour cream.

How to do:

1. Cut the meat into slices and fry in a frying pan, adding spices and salt.
2. Make sticks out of potatoes and fry them in a deep fryer.
3. Chop the vegetables into strips.
4. Mix sour cream with spices, chopped herbs, chopped garlic.
5. Place the pita bread horizontally, brush with sauce, and place the filling in the middle - meat, vegetables, fries, herbs.
6. Fold the pita bread in half and roll it into a tube, leaving one open edge.
7. You can put sauce and fresh herbs in the open end.

Mexican shawarma

What is needed:

• 100 g smoked chicken breast;
• Mexican tortilla;
• a couple of tablespoons of canned corn;
• cucumber;
• a couple of spoons of mayonnaise;
• a spoonful of sour cream;
• 80 g Chinese cabbage;
• 50 g cheese;
• spoon of soy sauce.

How to do:

1. Cut the chicken into slices, vegetables into strips.
2. Mix meat, corn, vegetables, grated cheese.
3. Mix sauce, sour cream, spices and mayonnaise.
4. Grease the flatbread with sauce and place the Chinese cabbage on top.
5. Place all the filling in the middle and fold the edges of the cake inward.

Calorie content of shawarma

The calorie content of homemade shawarma depends on what ingredients are in it. For example, a dish with chicken meat and yogurt dressing will be approximately 112 kcal per 100 g. If you use mayonnaise instead of yogurt, the calorie content will increase to 175 kcal. Fresh seasonal vegetables and herbs have virtually no effect on increasing the calorie content of a dish. Cheese, mushrooms, type of meat and type of sauce influence.