Shawarma ... This dish comes from the Middle East. It appeared more than a thousand years ago in the city of Damascus; it came to Russia much later in 1989. Guests of the Moscow restaurant Bako-Lebanon could taste the first shawarma.
Now you can buy it at every corner. She has a lot of fans, although it can hardly be called a gourmet dish. Some people refuse the services of fast food outlets, so there is no shawarma in their diet. But even nutritionists note its usefulness. Of course, it is important to comply with the condition: use only high-quality and fresh ingredients.
If you have never cooked it yourself, be sure to try it. This is a good option for a quick dinner or snack. And so that you do not have problems finding answers to the question: “How to cook ...?”, Read our article. Below are the 10 most delicious shawarma recipes that you can cook at home.
10. Vegetarian
Sometimes there is a need to refuse meat for medical reasons. There are also people who consciously decide on this step, the reasons may be different. If you share their views, this recipe will help a little diversify your diet. Vegetarian Shawarma - A healthy and light meal is prepared in no more than 10 minutes.
Ingredients: pita bread, cabbage, carrots, onion, tomato, herbs, olive oil.
Grate the carrots and fry with onions. Chop cabbage and tomato in any shape. Mix the vegetables, add them with finely chopped dill or other herbs. Wrap the mixture in pita bread. Fry a little.
This is an option for followers of a strict vegan movement. If you allow yourself to eat dairy products, add shawarma to Adyghe cheese. Then it will be not only tastier, but also more satisfying.
9. With tzatziki sauce
The sauce is home to Greece, but it has gained great popularity in other countries of the world. It is often used as an ingredient for shawarma. You can choose any recipe and supplement it. tzatzikifor example, it goes well with chicken and vegetables.
Products for sauce: yogurt - a glass, salt, cucumber (if it is small, take a couple), a clove of garlic, herbs, olive oil.
Put pressed garlic in a bowl with yogurt, salt. Finely chop the cucumbers (without peel), sprinkle them with salt. Leave on for 10 minutes, let the juice stand out. Squeeze them, now you can mix with the rest of the recipe. The sauce is ready.
8. With teriyaki sauce
Teriyaki - a classic Japanese sauce, in our case it can be used to pickle shawarma meat, it can also act as an independent ingredient.
Teriyaki sauce can be bought at the store, but it is better to make it yourself. You will need soy sauce (50 ml), rice wine (80 ml). Heat them, and then add 30 ml of honey. When it dissolves, dip a tablespoon of ground ginger and pressed garlic (clove) into the mixture. Let it boil for 3 minutes, and then remove the sauce from the heat and cool slightly. You can replace rice wine with white dry. If the sauce is too thin, add a little starch.
Use the sauce when cooking chicken shawarma, just fry pieces of meat in it or marinate in advance. Be sure to grease the surface of the prepared teriyaki shawarma, it will look even more appetizing and slightly change its taste.
7. With beans
Products: pita bread, ketchup, mayonnaise (you can homemade), canned beans, cabbage, Korean carrots, pickles, bell peppers, red onions, greens.
Take pita leaves, grease their surface with ketchup and mayonnaise, and then lay out all the products in the order in which they are written in the recipe. Of course, they must first be cleaned and cut.
Canned beans rinse to get rid of sticky marinade. We did not indicate the proportions, but they are not needed here. Do not try to put as many fillings as possible, otherwise the shawarma will fall apart.
Once it is ready, fry it in a grill pan. If not, use the usual one. In this case, the finished product will not have beautiful stripes, but it will not affect the taste in any way.
6. With cheese and minced meat
Ingredients: a couple of pieces of pita bread, 1 tomato and onion, 140 g of cheese, herbs, minced pork or beef, mayonnaise - a couple of tablespoons, herbs, refined oil.
The first step is to fry minced meat. While it is cooking, grate cheese and put it on pita bread. When the meat has cooled, put it on top. Now came the turn of tomatoes, mayonnaise, onions and herbs. Roll rolls, fry.
5. With spicy potatoes
You need pita bread potatoes - a couple of pieces, lettuce or Beijing cabbage, 1 large tomato and cucumber, pepper, salt, 60 g of cheese, butter, ketchup, mayonnaise.
Fry the potatoes in oil (like “fries”), generously sprinkling them with black pepper. Grease the pita bread with ketchup and mayonnaise, put the lettuce leaf. Next, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, cheese.
Roll the shawarma, it remains only to fry it a little.
This dish is prepared without the use of meat, but it is quite substantial, it is quite possible to replace lunch with it. If you add a small piece of chicken or pork, you can feed even a hungry man.
4. With sausage and crab sticks
Products: 2 pita bread, tomato sauce, mayonnaise, cucumber, packaging of crab sticks (small), sausage - 200 g, cheese - 150 g.
Shawarma is prepared in the same way as all the previous ones. Cut the sausage and cucumber into strips, put on lavash coated with sauce and mayonnaise, top crab sticks and cheese. It is not necessary to take solid, can be fused. Sausage preferably boiled or boiled-smoked.
3. With mushrooms
Products: pita bread - a couple of pieces, 200 g of mushrooms, Korean carrots (150 g), Beijing cabbage for a couple of leaves, frying oil, salt, any sauce (to your taste), onions.
Most of the time you have to spend on frying mushrooms. Forest or champignons, it does not matter, take those that you have in the refrigerator or in the nearest store.
It is better to marinate onions in a mixture of water, vinegar, sugar and salt. Peking cabbage cut into long strips.
Now you can start the formation of shawarma. Arrange the ingredients in the following order: pita bread, sauce, mushrooms, Peking cabbage, Korean carrots, pickled onions, mushrooms. Do not forget about salt during cooking.
2. With pork
Hearty and tasty, a great option for meat lovers. In this case, the recipe is not much different from the previous ones. For two sheets of pita bread, no more than 300 g of boiled or fried pork. You can take all other ingredients to your taste.
Peking cabbage, cucumbers and tomatoes, red or yellow peppers, Korean carrots go well with meat. Choose the products that are available, then you do not have to go to the store. You can prepare a delicious dinner from what is at hand. Do not be afraid to experiment.
1. With chicken
The classic recipe for shawarma. It is from her that most people are crazy. One of the most popular “fast” dishes. If you haven’t cooked it yourself, it’s time to try it.
For cooking, you need boiled or fried a hen. Give preference to the lower leg or hips, the breast is also a good option, but it is rather dry.
Combine meat with any vegetables, cheese, sauces. By the way, teriyaki and tzatziki, the recipes of which are presented above, are perfect. Be sure to fry the finished shawarma, so it will be much tastier.