Chicken Shawarma

Preparing the roti (pita bread)
• 250 g flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. yeast
• 50 g margarine(Butter)
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ cup milk
• 1 egg
• Warm water as required
1. Mix the flour and the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
2. Then add the butter and eggs and mix.
3. Add the milk and enough water and make soft dough.
4. Cover with a cloth and let it rise for 1 hour. (If the roti is fat, it will break when we try to wrap it around the chicken)
5. Make small balls and roll out thin roti.
6. Heat later once all the other fillings are ready for the shawarma.

Preparing the meat
• 500 g boneless chicken cubes (cut into small pieces)
• 2 tsp. garam masala
• 1 1/2 tbsp. chili powder
• 1 tsp. pepper
• 1 tbsp. soy sauce
• 3 tbsp. curd
• ½ tsp. kesari powder (optional)
• Salt to taste
• 2 dabs of butter
1. Mix all the ingredients together making sure that the meat is covered on all sides.
2. Leave it in the freezer to marinate overnight or for 8 to 10 hours.
3. Now we have to roast the meat. If you are able to roast then it’s the best if not follow the steps below to get the roasted chicken effect and taste.
4. Grease a baking tray, place the marinated chicken and bake it for 10 minutes on 230 degrees. The chicken should brown here and there.
5. Or butter a skillet and fry the chicken on both sides till they turn brown.
6. Now to get the lovely roasted smell, take a flat pan. Place a small silver bowl in the middle (You can also shape aluminum foil like a bowl. This is easy as it can be easily disposed) Then add a dab of butter and place a red coal in the butter.
7. Place the baked chicken around the bowl with butter and close the pan tightly with a lid.
8. Let it stand for 5 to10 minutes. Now the roast chicken is ready.
Preparing the tahini sauce
First let us make the tahini.
• 2 cups sesame seeds
• 3/4 cup olive oil
Put both in a blender and blend till you get a thick pourable mixture.

preparing the tahini
• 1 cup tahini
• 1 tsp. salt
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 4 tbsp. fresh parsley
• ¼ cup water or as needed
1. Chop the garlic into small pieces.
2. Add the tahini and blend it well.
3. Add the lemon juice, salt and the finely chopped parsley and mix well.
4. Add water if the mixture is too thick.

Vegetable filling
• Onion cut into rings
• Capsicum into strips
• Tomato into circles
• The rest of the vegetables are optional. I add carrots and cabbages sliced finely. You can also add lettuce, bell pepper or baked aubergine.
• Pickles also are a part of shawarma. Mango pickle, chili pickle or cucumber pickle is placed with the filling.
Preparing the dip
Hummus (dip for shawarma)
• 2 cups chick peas
• ½ cup chick pea stock water
• ¼ cup tahini
• 2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic chopped or dab of garlic paste
• Dab of ginger paste
• ½ tsp. cumin powder
• ¼ tsp. coriander powder
• Salt and pepper to taste
1. Boil the chick peas till soft. Pressure cooking is a good idea. (Soaking chick peas overnight with a pinch of baking powder will make it easy to boil)
2. Drain the chick peas and collect the water.
3. Add the olive oil in a small pan.
4. Add the ginger garlic and let it fry till it turns brown.
5. Add the spices to this oil and fry on low flame for 1 minute.
6. Add the chick peas, ½ cup chick pea water (if you are using canned chick peas then add normal water), the fried spices, salt, pepper and the lemon juice in a blender and puree it.
7. It should be pourable and thick. If it’s too thick you can add more chick pea stock.
8. Add the tahini and serve!
I personally love to mix some ketchup and same amount of mayonnaise and use this as a dip
Assembling
1. Heat a roti on a pan without oil.
2. Spread the tahini sauce on the roti or you can also pour it on the vegetables.
3. Keep chicken on the roti. The chicken should fill ¼ of the roti.
4. Spread some vegetables on the top.
5. Wrap the roti and roll it in a cut foil or oil paper.
6. Some people like to heat the shawarma that is wrapped in the foil in an oven. I prefer not to as heating will cook up the vegetables and the crunchiness will not be there.
7. Dip in the sauce and gobble it up!