Chicken Shawarma Recipe With Homemade Pita Bread

How To Make Chicken Shawarma & Pita Bread

1. Let’s start off by making the pita bread.. In a mixing bowl add the flour, sugar, salt, yeast, 1 egg and mix the ingredients briefly with your hand then add lukewarm water and continue mixing with your hand until it forms into dough.

2. When the dough is formed add a tablespoon of oil and knead (in the same bowl) for about 5 minutes. After 5 minutes form it into a ball and coat it with a little oil always with your hands. Place the dough ball back into the bowl and plastic wrap. Set aside and let it rest for 1 hour.

3. Time to start the chicken shawarma filling.. Chop the chicken breast into cubes, then place them in a bowl add chili powder, ginger, crushed garlic, coriander, salt, black pepper, curd and mix well then let marinate for 15 minutes.

4. After 15 minutes add oil to a frying pan on medium heat and fry the marinated chicken until golden brown. Set aside to fill the pita bread later.

5. Take the pita that you set aside, you will notice that it has levitated.. Punch through it and knead for about 2 minutes then tear off 4 pieces to make four balls of dough.

6. With your hands flatten each dough ball and place one at a time on a lightly floured surface.. Roll each ball with a rolling pin until it’s the size of a pita..

7. Then place in a frying pan on low heat without oil and cook both sides of the pita until golden brown.

8. Once the pita is cooked place on a cutting board or any clean surface.

9. In a small bowl.. Start making the pita spread by adding mayonnaise, tomato sauce, mustard and a pinch of black pepper. Then mix well and spread evenly over the top surface of the pita.

10. Chop the chicken shawarma into smaller pieces and place them over the spread on the pita.. Finally drizzle some shredded carrots, sliced cucumbers and add more sauce spread on top. Roll the pita bread and close it with a toothpick.. Congratulations you made a perfect chicken shawarma, enjoy!