Shawarma
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Shawarma ( Arabic شاورما, DMG šāwarmā , Hebrew שווארמה, borrowed from Turkish çevirmek "turn around, turn around") is a meat dish in Arabic cuisine that has spread beyond the Middle East to Europe and other parts of the world.
It is mainly consumed in Lebanon , Syria , Jordan , Egypt , Palestine and Israel . Like doner kebab ("rotating grilled meat"), it consists of large slices of meat seasoned in a marinade , which are placed in layers on a special, vertical rotisserie spit and grilled , and of which the outer, browned layers are gradually thinned with a large knife be cut off.
Originally only mutton or lamb was used for shawarma , today beef and poultry such as turkey or chicken are also common. Before being placed on the skewer, the pieces of meat are marinated for a few hours in a lemon juice marinade with a variety of spices such as: B. cinnamon , cumin , coriander seeds , cardamom , turmeric , cloves , paprika , pepper , mint and garlic , which gives the dish its typical, slightly sour taste.
Shawarma is usually served as a snack in a thin pita bread wrapped - often along with tahini (sesame paste), sumac and fried or lactic acid pickled vegetables and salad. In the Dutch kitchen , a slightly modified dish is offered in fried form as Shoarmarol (shawarma roll ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Philip Mattar: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa . Macmillan Library Reference, 2004, ISBN 0-02-865771-3 , pp. 840 ( books.google.de ).
- ^ John A La Boone III: Around the World of Food: Adventures in Culinary History . iUniverse, Inc., 2006, ISBN 0-595-38968-6 , pp. 115 ( books.google.de ).