Homemade Garlic Sauce for Shawarma
Classic, the best, the original! Not everyone manages to make a good garlic sauce for shawarma at home. This recipe comes as close as possible to the original - the one they use at the little shawarma stands by the subway, the tastiest I've ever had.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
How do you make shawarma sauce? Prepare all the ingredients. Use higher-fat sour cream and mayonnaise - the sauce should be fairly thick, and we'll also be adding kefir, which thins it out either way. My paprika is smoked - it gives the finished sauce a wonderful aroma. Any fresh herbs work: dill, parsley, and cilantro are all great.
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Step 2:
In a separate bowl, stir together the sour cream, kefir, and mayonnaise. I recommend homemade mayonnaise - that way you at least know what's in it. Store-bought versions contain a lot of unhealthy additives, so I don't recommend them.
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Step 3:
Add the paprika and khmeli-suneli. At this point you can also add any favorite spices and herbs: chili pepper, fenugreek, any dried herbs - all of it works well if it's to your taste.
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Step 4:
Wash the herbs, dry them, chop them finely, and add them to the sauce. If you don't have fresh herbs on hand, you can use dried ones instead.
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Step 5:
Peel the garlic, mince it, and add it to the sauce as well. I put the clove through a press, but you can grate it on a fine grater or chop it with a sharp knife. If you don't have garlic, you can use garlic powder - 1 teaspoon is enough.
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Step 6:
Wash the cucumber, dry it, and chop it very finely. You can also grate it and then squeeze it well. Either a dill pickle or a sharper, more vinegary pickle works.
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Step 7:
Add the diced cucumber to the sauce and stir well until smooth.
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Step 8:
The stand-style shawarma sauce is ready. It's thick enough not to leak out of the flatbread and pairs beautifully with pieces of pork and onion. Enjoy!
- It's best to make the mayonnaise yourself - it'll be tastier and better for you. Check out some great homemade mayonnaise recipes here.
- You can swap the sour cream for plain, unsweetened yogurt.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Sour cream, 30% fat - 340 kcal/100g
- Sour cream, 25% fat - 284 kcal/100g
- Sour cream, 20% fat - 210 kcal/100g
- Sour cream, 10% fat - 115 kcal/100g
- Sour cream - 210 kcal/100g
- Garlic - 143 kcal/100g
- Full-fat kefir - 62 kcal/100g
- Kefir, 1% fat - 38 kcal/100g
- Nonfat kefir - 30 kcal/100g
- Doctor Bifi kefir, 1.8% fat - 45 kcal/100g
- Kefir, 2.5% fat - 53 kcal/100g
- Salad mayonnaise, 50% fat - 502 kcal/100g
- Light mayonnaise - 260 kcal/100g
- Provencal mayonnaise - 624 kcal/100g
- Provencal mayonnaise - 627 kcal/100g
- Table mayonnaise - 627 kcal/100g
- Khmeli-suneli - 417 kcal/100g
- Pickled cucumbers - 16 kcal/100g
- Paprika - 289 kcal/100g
- Frozen soup greens (packaged) - 41 kcal/100g
- Fresh herbs - 41 kcal/100g
