Shawarma at home » Culinary recipes with photos. home cuisine

Ingredients:
— chicken breast;
— 3 thin pitas;
— 2 fresh cucumbers;
— 2 pickled cucumbers;
– some fresh cabbage;
– about 150 grams of cheese;
– ketchup;
– mayonnaise;
— mustard.

The method of preparing homemade shawarma.

First, boil the breast in salted water until ready (about half an hour from the moment of boiling).

While the breast is cooking, prepare the sauce. Mix mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard.

Cut the cucumbers into cubes.

We will also cut the pickles into cubes.

Finely chop the cabbage.

Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

Cut the finished brisket into small cubes.

Let’s collect our shawarma. To do this, we will open the pita bread. Put a couple of tablespoons of sauce on the edge and put the meat on top.

And again some sauce.

Carefully wrap the pita bread. Heat in the microwave at full power for 1 minute. Done! Sweet taste!

The history of shawarma.

Shawarma is called differently in each country: shawarma, shawerma, shwarma, shawarma, dener. The set of basic ingredients remains unchanged: chopped fried meat, fresh vegetables, carefully wrapped in lavash or pita. Shawarma is always seasoned with sauce, depending on the country where it is prepared, white or red sauce is used.

The dish is of Arabic origin, its existence was known several hundred years ago. It was convenient to take food wrapped in an unleavened cake with you on a hike. The result was a delicious nutritious lunch and clean hands, not stained with greasy filling. This Middle Eastern dish has taken root in almost every country, having some national characteristics.

The classic method of roasting meat for shawarma is cooking it on a rotating spit, on which the meat tenderloin is strung. On our territory, shawarma appeared in the 90s of the XNUMXth century and remains popular to this day. Kiosks selling this fast food can be found in almost every city.

The question of the quality of this dish in roadside fast food establishments remains open. But shawarma lovers should not despair, they should prepare homemade shawarma, the recipe with a photo of which you will find on our website.