Chicken Samoli Shawarma By Recipes of the World

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: chicken drumsticks

Chicken breast is leaner, while drumsticks are often less expensive.

tahini sauce

🥗Healthier: hummus

💰Cheaper: yogurt sauce

Hummus offers a creamy texture with fewer calories, while yogurt sauce is budget-friendly.

Prepare the samoli dough by mixing white flour, salt, sugar, yeast, oil, beaten egg, warm milk, and water as required until a dough forms.

Let the dough rise until doubled in size.

In a mixing bowl, combine chicken, yogurt, chopped garlic, salt, red chili powder, red chili flakes, garam masala, dry coriander powder, tandoori masala, food color, and oil. Mix well and marinate for at least 30 minutes.

Slice onion, capsicum, and prepare sweet corn for the filling.

Preheat grill or pan for cooking the marinated chicken.

Cook the marinated chicken until fully cooked, about 6-8 minutes per side.

Roll out the risen dough and shape it into flatbreads.

Cook the flatbreads on the grill or in a pan until golden brown.

Assemble the shawarma by placing the cooked chicken, onion, capsicum, and sweet corn in the flatbread.

Add tikka mayonnaise as desired and wrap the flatbread around the filling.

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