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Chicken Shawarma

Chicken Shawarma

This is a Mediterranean roll or wrap made of pita bread filled with sliced grilled meat  or chicken topped with lots of veggies and a specially made sauce.

For the pita bread you will need:

3cups flour
3tsp sugar
3,tsp yeast
One n half tsp salt
Water
Oil for kneading and coating.
In the flour add Everthing except oil and start making dough adding little water as you need..once it forms a ball...add oil and knead for 5 mins..cover n keep for an hr to proof..make pita breads out of this as u make rotis..

Ingredients for chicken marination:

For the chicken
1 kg boneless 
2tbsp dahi
One n half tsp salt
One n half tsp garlic pwd
1tsp dhania pwd
1tsp jeera pwd
1tsp black pepper pwd
1tsp paprika
1tsp chilli pwd
1/3tsp cinnamon pwd
1tsp mustard paste
2tbsp oil
Add the above ingredients and marinate the chicken for an hr
Lightly brush the pan with oil and cook the chicken on medium until done..


Ingredients for the sauce:

One cup yogurt
One cucumber
One lemon
2 cloves garlic
Half tsp salt
Method:
Put the yogurt in a muslin cloth and remove excess water..
For the cucumber cut and remove seeds,just give it a blend and put tht too in muslin cloth
In a bowl add hung curd,cumcumber,salt,crushed garlic and juice of a lemon...mix


Now take a pita bread arrange chicken and veggies (capsicum, cucumber, etc)and top it up with sauce..roll and serve hot

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