Dubai Style Shawarma

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 1 egg, beaten lightly
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• salt, to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
• 2 teaspoons garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon ginger paste
• 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts or 1 lb lamb, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 cup lettuce, finely sliced
• 1 cucumber, chopped
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 3 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
• 3 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
• 2 tablespoons mint, chopped
• salt, to taste
• 6 pita breads
• tabasco sauce, to taste

Recipe

• 1 combine all of the ingredients listed above the chicken/lamb. marinate the chicken in mixture and set aside for an hour or two.
• 2 heat a non stick pan on medium to high heat and add the marinated chicken. stir fry the chicken/lamb until it has cooked through and is dry-less than 10 minutes. make sure you break up the chicken/lamb with a wooden spoon and keep stirring as it cooks.
• 3 in a separate bowl, mix together all the dressing ingredients.
• 4 to assemble the shawarma, heat the pita bread on a skillet to warm it. divide the salad amongst the six pita breads. top the salad with the chicken.
• 5 drizzle the yogurt dip over the chicken and add a dash of tabasco sauce. roll the pita bread tightly and wrap in baking paper. serve immediately.