Greek Shawarma with Pita Bread

Greek Shawarma with Pita Bread

This recipe is Greek-style chicken shawarma with pita bread, featuring a chicken marinade of garlic, lemon, spices, yogurt, and pepper paste, along with homemade pita bread and a yogurt sauce with cucumber and mint. It is served with tomatoes, onion, olives, and parsley.

A shawarma-style wrap served with pita bread.

Like a grilled meat wrap with flatbread.

Warm the pita before filling so it stays soft and easy to fold.

Ingredients

  • 1250 g chicken
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon dried coriander
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 5 cloves large garlic cloves
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon pepper paste
  • 4 tablespoons yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons grape vinegar
  • 5 tablespoons olive oil
  • 200 ml milk
  • 1/5 teaspoon, 7 g yeast
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 500 g flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3/4 cup, 150 ml water
  • 300 g, 1 1/2 cups yogurt
  • 2 cucumber
  • 1 clove large garlic clove
  • 5 leaves mint
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • tomatoes
  • onion
  • olives
  • parsley

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