It is not always possible to visit a decent cafe and eat shawarma. Although there are a lot of lovers of this dish. But it can be cooked at home. There is nothing complicated in this, you just need to stock up on some necessary products. How to cook shawarma at home? To do this, you need a special thin pita bread or pita, depending on the selected cooking method.
Some facts
Shawarma is a tortilla stuffed with minced meat, vegetables and sauces. At home, it can be prepared using only fresh and high-quality products, which is important. The filling of tortillas can be very different: meat, fish or just vegetables. Therefore, there are options for every taste.
Shawarma with pork
This is the most common and most popular recipe. It will take a kilogram of pork, one cucumber, one tomato, one onion, 200 grams of Korean carrots, 200 grams of salted cabbage, any sauce, one pita bread, mayonnaise and greens. Before you make shawarma at home, you need to prepare the meat. Rinse it and cut into small pieces. Spread in a frying pan and fry until cooked, and then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Now prepare the rest of the ingredients. We cut the greens very finely, and the onion and tomato - in half rings. Cut the cucumber into thin rings. A third of the pita is greased with mayonnaise, but not too thick. Next, lay out all the ingredients. The first layer is meat. Put Korean carrots on top and then chopped onions. After that comes the cucumber, cabbage and tomato. Top with sauce. You can take any sauce at your discretion. We wrap pita bread, bending the edges. Now it’s clear how to cook shawarma at home. This dish can be fried in a pan or heated using a microwave. It can be taken in nature, since it is very simple to cook shawarma at home, and it will not take much time.
Chicken Shawarma
As already noted, the filling in this dish can be different. We’ll tell you another way to cook chicken shawarma at home . We take two Armenian pita bread, 300 grams of chicken, 80 grams of Korean carrot and fresh cabbage, one tomato and cucumber, a little garlic (to taste), vegetable oil, mayonnaise, salt and ketchup. Before you cook shawarma at home, you need to do some preparatory work. We shred the cabbage as finely as possible, sprinkle with salt and rub it gently with our hands. Cut the tomato and cucumber into thin slices. Grind the garlic. Chicken fillet cut into small pieces or cubes.
We spread it in a frying pan with vegetable oil and fry until cooked. Now we proceed to the formation of the dish. We spread pita bread and put cabbage on it. If you want, make a thin layer of mayonnaise. Next is the chicken, which is sprinkled with garlic and pour over ketchup. Then spread the tomatoes and cucumbers. There remains one unclaimed ingredient - carrots, which we put in the last layer. We water everything with mayonnaise (quantity at will). Wrap pita bread and fry the shawarma in a pan (or heat in the microwave). When serving, you can decorate the dish with vegetables. But it is best to eat it right away, without even observing the formalities. Both adults and children will appreciate it. A shawarma, cooked at home, will not cause doubts about the quality.