Chicken Shawarma

For all those who love Arabic food.. Lets try making it at home....

Ingredients

Boneless Chicken: 500 gm
Pita Bread/Kubboos/Shawarma Bread: 8
For Salad
Chopped Cucumber: 2 small
Chopped Lettuce:  1/2
Sliced Carrots: 1 big
Chopped Tomato: 1 big
Pickled Carrots/Cucumber: Optional
For Marination
Thick Yogurt: 2 Table Spoon
Garlic paste: 1 Table Spoon
Vinegar: 1 Tea Spoon
Pepper Powder: 1/2 Tea Spoon
Mixed Spice Powder: 1/2 Tea Spoon
Lime juice: 1/2 Tea Spoon
Cardamon Powder: 1/4 Tea Spoon
Olive Oil: 2 Table Spoon
Salt
For Sauce
Tahineh/Tahini (Sesame Seeds Paste): 2 Table Spoon
Thick Yogurt: 4 Table Spoon
Garlic Paste: 1 Tea Spoon
Lime Juice: 1 Table Spoon
Salt

Preparation Time: Over Night
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Method

Put the cleaned chicken pieces to a bowl and add all the ingredients mentioned under for marination and combine well

Cover and keep in fridge over night or minimum 8 to 9 hours (Do not freeze)
After the said time take the chicken from fridge and keep it out for 5 minutes
Preheat the oven to 180 C
Place the chicken pieces on an oven safe tray and bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

Flip sides regularly and brush little olive oil each time
Once the chicken is done take it out of the oven.
Pour a table spoon of olive oil to a pan and fry the chicken for a minute or two so that the outer part of the chicken will become light brown in color.  (If you don't have an oven you can cook the chicken in a pan by drizzling oil as required in medium heat)

In the mean time combine all the ingredients mentioned under for sauce and keep it aside

In a bowl mix chopped cucumber, lettuce, carrots and tomato and make the salad

Once the chicken cools a bit chop it to bite size pieces

Now lets combine everything and make shawarma roll

Take a pita bread and spread some sauce on it.
Take a portion of the chicken and salad mix and keep it on the pita bread

If using pickled cucumber or carrots keep 1 or 2 pieces
Now roll it carefully and cover with aluminium foil or butter paper
Serve right away

Note:

Baking time may vary depending on the oven so keep a close eye
You can add any vegetable of your choice to make the salad
To make Tahineh/Tahini (Sesame Seeds Paste) at home 
Take 1 cup of white sesame seeds and dry roast it for some time.  Allow it to cool and then put this to a food processor. Take 1/4 Cup of olive oil. Add 2 to 3 tables spoons of oil at first and grind the sesame seeds and make it a paste. gradually keep adding the oil so that it achieves a liquid consistency.  You can pour it to a air tight container and store in the refrigerator