• Chef of the Week Feature: Shawarma Recipe

    Hello All,

    Have you been spicing up your kitchen with delicious recipes from Afrolems? Do let us know how that is going. We always love to hear feedback about the dishes. One of our Afrolems fans sent in a recipe of Shawarma and is getting featured as chef of the week *drum rollllll* I have to admit that it has been on my mind to put out a recipe of Shawarma on the blog. * The Naija way that is* but luckily Ajiri Ebegbare decided to grace us with her recipe. Do let us know if you try it and how it turns out. I would be trying it as well and maybe updating this post with a picture when I do. I bring to you Ajiri Ebegbare’s version of Shawarma.

    Ingredients:

    Beef, onion,knorr cube,salt, ground red pepper, cabbage, carrot, cucumber,curry masala, garlic, mayonnaise, salad cream, ketchup,vegetable oil.

    Method:

    Season beef with onion, salt and knorr cube and boil for10mins. Cut the beef in to cubes. Mix the salad cream,ketchup and mayonnaise in a bowl and set aside.
    Heat cooking spoonful of oil in a fry pan(I don’t own a wok) and saute chopped onion and garlic for 2mins. Add beef,curry masala, pepper,salt and knorr cube,stir constantly for 5mins and take off the heat. Throw in the grated carrot,cucumber and sliced cabbage with the mixed cream in to the pan and mix properly. Take a portion of the filling and place on the pita bread and wrap. This is the part where u put the shawarma on the grill. Since I don’t have one I put it in the oven to get warm.

    Food is ready, enjoy! That’s all folks!

    the pita for shawarma

     

    ingredients for shawarma

     

    process of making shawarma

     

    stuffing your shawarma

     

    nigerian shawarma

    3 comments on “Chef of the Week Feature: Shawarma Recipe”

    1. Lerato Reply

      Being a lover for spicy food on the go, I have had to make Shawarma’s at home; the first time it was basically made from all of anything we had in the fridge as leftover stir-fry from the day before [smoked chicken, green & red peppers, spring onions, sliced carrots, cabbage, shrimps all in a thickened curry sauce].
      I used lettuce leaves to wrap the slightly warmed stir-fry before wrapping it in the pita bread – this helped to reduce the drip of the filling while eating it; wrapping the pita bread similar to leaves for making steamed bean pudding [moi moi] also came in handy.
      Because we didn’t have an oven, we used a non stick frying pan with a little olive oil; place gently in the pan and turn over every minute or so and a maximum of 3 minutes or till the pita is light brown.

      Bon Apettit to anyone who decides to try it this way

      TIPS: you can substitute mayonaise with light salad dressing, chutney, bbq sauce or tabasco – whatever suits your fancy

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