Chicken Shawarma style pita pockets with spicy homemade Harissa sauce. This Chicken Shawarma style pita pockets is a popular recipe here, for a good reason. The flavors are simply superb!!
As I grew up in Dubai, Shawarma was a major part of our lives. Shawarma is the Middle East’s most savoured dish. I have a lot of shawarma based recipes in the blog and I have even more recipes in my handwritten recipe book which I am yet to post in the blog. From shawarma tacos, nachos, quesadillas to shawarma fries, shawarma spring roll, the dish has been combined with almost every conceivable flavor.
What I have for you today is a very interesting combination which includes shawarma with Spicy Harissa sauce. I have tried Harissa sauce from restaurants and i’ve been wanting to make it at home. I tried it and we are in love with it. Our Indian tastebuds accepted this sauce totally. It is super spicy and has a lovely flavor. This sauce with the mildly flavored Tahina sauce turned out to be a fantastic combination.
Hope you’ll give this recipe a try, I’ve explained all the steps in detail in the video.
Shawarma pita pockets with harissa sauce
Ingredients
To marinate Chicken:
- 500 Grams chicken boneless
- 1 Tsp red chilli powder
- 1 Tsp paprika powder
- 1 Tsp garlic powder
- ½ Tsp cumin powder
- ¼ Tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ Tsp cardamom powder
- ¼ Tsp cardamom powder
- Salt to taste
- black pepper
For the Shawarma Sauce:
- ¼ Cup tahina sauce
- ¼ Cup yoghurt
- 1-2 Tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 garlic
- pepper powder
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- salt to taste
For Harissa Sauce:
- 8-10 dried red chilli powder
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 red capsicum
- ¼ Cup olive oil
- salt to taste
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
To assemble:
- cabbage
- onion
- avocado
- pickled jalapeños
- pita bread
Instructions
- Marinate chicken with all the above mentioned ingredients.
- Shallow fry until cooked and little browned.
To make shawarma sauce:
- Mix all ingredients in a grinder and make a sauce by grinding.
- Pour 2-3 tbsp water and pulse once again.
To make Harissa sauce:
- Soak red chillies in hot water.
- In a food processor, add all the ingredients and process it until you get a paste.
To assemble:
- Toast pita bread. Cut the pita bread into two halves.
- Open one of it like a pocket and spread harissa sauce, add veggies and chicken. Pour a shawarma sauce and add a little bit of harissa sauce again.
- Add parsley and serve immediately.
