if you want to make a chicken shawarma at home and you are looking for an easy recipe of chicken shawarma, here is an easy chicken shawarma recipe. From marinating the chicken in a mix of spices to making the perfect sauces and assembling the eventual shawarma wrap, we'll guide you.
Let's start to make a tasty and easy chicken shawarma.
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Chicken shawarma recipe |
Chicken Shawarma Recipe:
Ingredients:
Marinate the chicken with the following ingredients:
Half chicken breast, cut into small cubes.
Red chili flakes: 1 tablespoon
Salt: 1 teaspoon
Turmeric (Haldi): ½ teaspoon
Mixed garam masala: ½ teaspoon
Tikka masala: ½ teaspoon
Garlic paste: 1 tablespoon
Vinegar: 1 teaspoon
Soya sauce: 1 teaspoon
Chili sauce: 1 teaspoon
A pinch of yellow food color
you may adjust the spice at your taste.
Mix all the ingredients together and marinate the chicken.
For the Dough:
Now we prepare the dough for flatbread
½ cup all-purpose flour (maida)
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon yogurt
1 teaspoon cooking oil
½ teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
Knead the dough with lukewarm water(use water as you need for preparing a dough). After preparing dough, cover it and set it aside. Cover the dough and let it rest while you prepare the other components.
Now prepare the marinated chicken for chicken shawarma
Put 2-3 tablespoons of cooking oil in a pan. add the chicken mix it with oil and then cook until the chicken water dries up, this is optional if you want to do you can ( place a spoon in the pan on the mid of pan and side the chicken. Place a small piece of coil on top of spoon and then add a little oil on it and immediately cover the pan with a lid). Cover the pan immediately to infuse the smoky flavor.
Make the White Sauce for chicken shawarma:
In a blender, combine the following ingredients:
Small-sized onion
garlic cloves 3
Black pepper (you can use white pepper): ½ teaspoon
Salt: ½ teaspoon
Oregano (optional): ½ teaspoon
Sesame seeds (til): 1 tablespoon
Vinegar: 1 teaspoon
Oil: 1 tablespoon
Mayonnaise: 2-3 tablespoons
Instructions
1. In a blender add the chopped onion, garlic cloves, white pepper, salt, oregano (optional), sesame seeds, vinegar, mayonnaise and oil.
2. Blend the all ingredients until you attain a smooth and creamy constancy. 3. After blending all the ingredient, take a bowl transfer the mixture to a bowl.
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White sauce for chicken shawarma |
Make the Red Sauce for chicken shawarma:
In a blender or grinder , combine the following ingredients:
½ onion
1 garlic clove
Chili flakes: 1 teaspoon
Salt: ½ teaspoon
Cumin powder: ½ teaspoon
Vinegar: 1 teaspoon
Soy sauce: 1 teaspoon
Now, let's prepare the red sauce for the chicken shawarma. Here are the some steps: Instructions:
1. start by peeling and roughly chopping the onion.
2. In a blender or grinder, add the chopped onion, garlic clove, chili flakes, salt, cumin powder, vinegar and soya sauce.
3. Grind the ingredients until you attain a smooth and well-mixed sauce.
4. when the red sauce is ready, transfer it to a any bowl or container.
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Red sauce for chicken shawarma |
Now, the red sauce is ready for your chicken shawarma. This sauce will add a flavorful kick to your shawarma wrap.
Make Vegetable Salad for chicken shawarma:
For the salad you can take any of your favourite green salad and chopped them. I take these salad for chicken shawarma.
Cucumber
Cabbage
Tomatoes
Onions
Take the dough you prepared earlier and shape it into a normal-sized ball. Roll it out into a thin flatbread and cook it on a griddle or tawa.
After cooking, follow these steps to assemble the
After cooking, follow these steps to assemble the chicken shawarma:
Firstly Spread a layer of white sauce on the cooked flatbread.
Next, spread a layer of red sauce on top (you can use as much as you like according to your taste).
Place the prepared salad and cooked chicken on top of the sauces.
Add a little more white sauce on the ingredients.
Fold the flatbread to form a wrap.
Your shawarma is now ready for eat!
Now, all the ingredients(flatbread, White sauce, Red sauce, chicken, and salad) are ready for making chicken shawarma.


