Shawarma in pita bread (the recipe for the dish is discussed below) turns out to be delicious, using purchased flour products, and using thin tortillas of our own production. Today we will consider the second option, since not all housewives know how to make such a product.
How to make pita bread for shawarma: a step by step recipe
Required Components :
- hard cheese - 120 g;
- warm fat milk - 1 cup;
- flavourless sunflower oil - 1/3 cup;
- standard chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
- slightly cooled boiling water - ÂŊ cup;
- small sea salt - a few pinches;
- wheat flour - 1 kg (or a little more).
Kneading dough
To prepare such a base, you need to combine milk, chilled boiling water, salt, sunflower oil, chicken egg and wheat flour. Hard cheese is also recommended for this test. It must be grated on a small grater and poured into the base. As a result of mixing all the products you should get a tight and aromatic flour mass.
Heat treatment
Cheese pita for shawarma should be as thin as possible. In this regard, the finished base must be long and carefully rolled out on a cutting board. After this, the formed cakes should be fried on both sides in a pan without using oil. Next, hot pita bread needs to be wrapped in a dense cloth and set aside while filling is done.
Shawarma in pita bread: a recipe for a delicious oriental dish
Essential Ingredients :
- thin pita bread of our own production -by the number of family members;
- large chicken breast - 1 pc.;
- fresh medium cucumber - 3 pcs.;
- large onions - 2 pcs.;
- fresh big tomato - 3 pcs.;
- small white cabbage - ÂŊ fork;
- Korean carrot salad - 250 g;
- iodized salt - to soften the cabbage;
- flavourless vegetable oil - for frying fillets;
- any hard cheese - 250 g;
- sour cream mayonnaise - 180 g;
- spicy ketchup - add to taste;
- curry (seasoning) - add to taste.
Vegetable processing
Shawarma in pita bread, the recipe of which involves the use of only fresh vegetables, will be much tastier if you buy a large number of various ingredients for the filling. So, you need to wash all the vegetables listed, and then peel and chop them in the form of a thin straw. At the same time, it is recommended to crush the chopped white cabbage a little along with the salt.
Meat processing
Chicken breasts for such a dish should also be chopped into thin buns, and then fry in vegetable oil together with salt and curry.
Shaping and frying dishes
For the formation of shawarma, you need to take cheese thin pita bread, and then lay the following components in layers on its middle part (not reaching the edges of 5 centimeters): chicken breasts, onions, spicy carrots, ketchup, soft white cabbage, fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, sour cream mayonnaise and hard cheese. Next, the ingredients must be wrapped and lightly fry the surface of the pita in butter.
How to serve to the table
Shawarma in pita bread (the recipe, as you yourself could see, is very simple) is served warm in the table with sweet tea or some other drink.