Surely many of you like to treat yourself to such a hearty treat as shawarma. Ready to eat it for breakfast and dinner? But what to do for those who "sit" on a diet and adhere to a specific nutrition system? Doesn’t you like the option “to refuse tasty”? Then there is a way out - dietary shawarma.
Today we will share with you a recipe that will be a godsend for those who follow proper nutrition and do not want to eat anything fried and greasy. The dietary shawarma, the recipe of which we will offer you today, will not scare you with high calorie content, high fat content and heaviness in the stomach.
Yes, even a dish like shawarma can be low-calorie. And by the way, a fairly inexpensive set of products, which can also be varied if desired, which is a big plus for the dish.
Ingredients for the first recipe
- Pita bread (one piece per serving).
- One small tomato.
- Two tablespoons of pickled mushrooms.
- One salted cucumber.
- 200 grams of chicken breast.
- Hard cheese (if desired and without breaking the calorie barrier).
Ingredients for the second option
- 200 grams of pita bread (it is better to purchase thin Armenian pita bread. Do not take thick cakes that are sold in supermarkets).
- One hundred grams of tomatoes.
- 180 grams of Beijing cabbage or any green leaf lettuce.
- One small fresh cucumber.
- Boiled Chicken Breast.
- Processed "sausage" cheese (optional).
Kefir sauce
As you know, dietary shawarma cannot be cooked with the participation of fatty mayonnaise or high-calorie tomato paste with starch, etc. Therefore, we suggest that you prepare a low-calorie sauce. It will consist of:
- Kefir - 250 ml.
- Three cloves of garlic.
- Half a teaspoon of salt.
- A small bunch of fresh herbs (dill, parsley).
- A pinch of black ground pepper.
- One hundred grams of pickles.
- Hot red pepper (optional).
The process of making homemade shawarma. Option one
First you need to prepare all the necessary ingredients. When preparing a dish such as dietary shawarma with chicken, the first thing we pay attention to is this ingredient. Chicken breast should be peeled (if any) and boiled in slightly salted water. After that, we take out the meat and let it cool completely at room temperature.
Shawarma diet at home is prepared from those products that are seasonally available in the refrigerator. Today we are preparing a “winter” version and take pickled cucumbers, tomatoes and pickled mushrooms. All components must be finely chopped.
We spread pita bread on the table. As a rule, a standard recipe in the form of a sauce contains a mixture of mayonnaise, ketchup, fat sour cream and kefir. But since we are preparing home-made dietary shawarma, then we will grease pita bread with kefir sauce. For lubrication, you can use a special silicone brush or an ordinary tablespoon.
Next on the list is the addition of meat. We recommend not to cut the chicken breast, but to tear it into small pieces with your hands. After meat comes a layer of tomatoes, then cucumbers and mushrooms. If desired, you can add some other pickled vegetables, for example, eggplant or cabbage. It will also be very tasty and at the same time low-calorie.
It remains only to wrap a sheet of pita bread in a large roll and put it in the microwave for a couple of minutes. You can also use special grill stoves, on which it is possible to heat the shawarma without using oil.
Homemade Shawarma. Second option
If it seems to someone that pickled vegetables and mushrooms are still quite nutritious and high-calorie foods, then we offer a second, even easier option. Such a dietary shawarma can be called (as opposed to the first) “summer”. Only fresh vegetables will be present here.
As in the first recipe, all ingredients are finely chopped. Beijing cabbage is torn by hands into small pieces. We do the same with boiled chicken. Grate sausage cheese on a coarse grater. You can, of course, use ordinary hard cheese, but in calories it will be much more unprofitable than processed. Choose for yourself.
We spread pita bread. Spread it with kefir sauce and place all the ingredients on layers: chicken, tomato, cucumber, cabbage, cheese. We turn the roll into the oven for two to three minutes.
Variations on the theme of “dietary shawarma”
If you did not like the first two recipes or did not find any ingredients in the refrigerator, then we offer you a whole list of cooking options for this dish. Among them, you will surely find your own, which will suit both calories and taste.
- Greens, boiled chicken breast, hard cheese, garlic, yogurt for dressing.
- Greens, cottage cheese, garlic, kefir sauce.
- Fried mushrooms (champignons), garlic, herbs, cheese, yogurt.
- Fresh cucumber, salted fish (red), greens, kefir sauce.
- Boiled chicken breast, Korean carrots, fresh cucumber, kefir dressing.
- Boiled brown rice, boiled egg, herbs, garlic, for dressing - low-fat yogurt.
- Fresh tomato, cucumber, a few slices of low-fat ham, mustard with cream for dressing.
- Sweet red onion, chicken breast, pickled cucumbers, a few cloves of garlic, kefir dressing.
- Low-fat hard cheese, sweet bell pepper, garlic, kefir sauce.
- Fresh carrots (on a coarse grater), crushed walnuts, boiled beets, garlic, low-fat cream and yogurt sauce.
- Mushrooms with onions, boiled eggs, garlic sauce.
- Fried chicken liver, fresh salad, cucumber, kefir sauce.
- Fried eggplant, fresh cucumber, sweet bell pepper, tomatoes, mushrooms, fried with onions.
- Boiled shrimp, garlic dressing.
Homemade Shawarma Sauces
So, if you decided, on our advice, to prepare a dish such as dietary shawarma (a recipe with a photo is attached), then take a couple more tips. After you choose for yourself a certain set of low-calorie foods that you will use for cooking shawarma, we recommend that you stock up on the recipe for sauces. As a rule, "sitting" on a diet and allowing himself only certain foods, a person feels that they quickly begin to get bored. In this case, only a variety of sauces and dressings can save the situation.
Mustard sauce
Mustard sauce will give a very specific taste to the dish . It is made from mustard and nonfat cream. Mix mustard and cream in equal proportions. If you want to make the dish more spicy, then reduce the amount of cream. If you do not like spicy, then, accordingly, reduce the content of mustard powder.
Orange
Fans of exotic shades in the taste of familiar dishes, we recommend preparing an orange dressing. Homemade shawarma with such a sauce will turn out to be very unusual, but, of course, very tasty. By the way, this sauce will be perfect for any meat dishes, and not just for home-style shawarma.
Squeeze the juice from one large orange. Add to it half a teaspoon of liquid honey, a pinch of dried ginger, basil, parsley, cilantro. Next, add one teaspoon of non-burning mustard. If you like it hotter, add red pepper instead of mustard.
Armenian pomegranate sauce is also perfect for homemade shawarma. It has a sweet and sour taste and goes well with meat. You don’t have to cook it yourself; it is sold in almost every supermarket. This will save you cooking time, which is a big plus for busy housewives.