Ooooohhhh, SHAWARMA.
I was confused by swarma. I have problems with it dry as well. But slathered with a little garlic paste or tahini or hummus or baba it goes down well.
Shawarma ({{lang-ar|شاورما}, also spelled
Chawarma,
Shwarma,
Shuarma,
Shawerma,
Shoarma or
Shaorma) is a
Middle Eastern-style
sandwich usually composed of shaved
lamb,
goat, or
chicken. Less commonly, it contains
turkey,
beef, or a mixture of meats. Shawarma is a popular dish and fast-food staple across the Middle East, and is consumed across the rest of the world as well. Shawarma is known as
guss in
Iraq; it is related to the
gyros of
Greece. Gyros, however, is typically made of pork meat, or less commonly chicken, although beef or lamb is usually used outside Greece and Cyprus. The classic shawarma combination is
pita bread,
hummus, tomato & cucumber, and of course the shawarma. The additional toppings include
tahini and
amba.
The name
shawarma (pronounced
SHWAR-muh) comes from the
Turkish word
çevirme (
IPA: [tʃevir'me]), meaning turning, and has its origins in Anatolia. It is quite similar to
döner kebab in
Turkey (for which it is another name -
turning roast), though differing from it in the type of meat and
spices used. The composition of the salad can be quite different as well.
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