How to properly wrap shawarma at home so that it doesn’t fall apart: step-by-step diagram, 4 main methods, tips

When preparing shawarma for the first time, you need to familiarize yourself with the step-by-step diagram, which will tell you how to properly wrap shawarma at home.

Shawarma is very popular among fast food dishes. A hearty delicacy that can be easily prepared at home. A simple recipe does not require culinary skills and allows you to choose the filling to your taste. Depending on the set of products and the method of serving, there are about 10 types of shawarma. The main ingredients are vegetables, meat and sauce. Shawarma is baked in a frying pan, in the oven or on the grill.

How to wrap shawarma without it falling apart?

To get the ideal shape of the product and know how to properly wrap shawarma, you need to consider several important points:

Proportional ratio of products for filling. Total weight no more than 150 g.
All products are crushed using the same technique, preferably into strips.
If the pita bread has lost its elasticity, it must be sprinkled with water or lemon juice.
To prepare shawarma you need to use very fresh pita bread.
When adding tomatoes to the filling, it is necessary to remove the liquid component; moisture makes it difficult to roll the shawarma.

Perfect

The amount of sauce in the shawarma should hold the components together. If the filling floats in the sauce, the pita bread will become soggy and tear.
If you have unsuccessful attempts to roll the shawarma, you can use a double layer of pita bread.

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This is a Middle Eastern dish of slab or pita bread stuffed with grilled and then shredded meat with spices, sauces, salad and fresh vegetables. Consumed without the use of cutlery.

This delicacy is distributed all over the world, in different variations of preparation. It makes a hearty lunch or snack and can be eaten on the go. It’s quite simple and quick to prepare if you use sausage or ready-made sausages, but if you cook with meat it will take a little longer.

The ideal flatbread for shawarma would be thin pita bread. It should be fresh and soft.

To make the meat in shawarma soft and juicy, I advise you to marinate it first. The simplest marinade of lemon juice, kefir, and olive oil will make tough meat tender.

How to properly wrap classic shawarma?

For the classic recipe, choose thin pita bread in the shape of a rectangle. For this form, you need to prepare about a glass of filling , add lettuce leaves and sauce. Instead of mayonnaise and ketchup, you can use seasoned dairy products.

Classic

To properly wrap shawarma at home and get the coveted tube, we follow a sequential algorithm:

We place the pita bread with its long sides diagonally.
Grease half of the pita bread with the prepared sauce, leaving 3-4 cm dry from each edge.
The cuttings for the filling are not mixed, but are laid out one after another in layers on the greased area. It is better to place the meat in the middle and add the lettuce leaves last.
The untouched edges of the pita bread are folded inward on three sides, covering the filling. First the side margins, and then the top.
Holding the folded sections, we make a full turn diagonally. The filling ends up inside the pita bread.
Continue rolling the roll until all the lavash is rolled up. It should look like a closed tube.
The thick envelope holds the filling inside well and is ideal for a picnic.

Nutritional value, calorie content of lavash with fillings

The free interpretation of many recipes by housewives makes it pointless to indicate the calorie content of specific snacks. In general, snack dishes made from pita bread do not belong to dietary nutrition, being rather a domestic version of fast food.

How to wrap shawarma/shawarma in pita bread?

A summary table gives some idea of the calorie content ; it provides information about the most popular components of such snacks, calculated per 100 g of product:

Cheese "Russian"	Processed cheese	Crab rolls	Cervelat	Korean carrots	Mayonnaise	Pita
363 kcal	288 kcal	75 kcal	430 kcal	130 kcal	630 kcal	230 kcal

As you can see, lavash itself occupies an intermediate position between vegetable and animal ingredients. In order to at least partially reduce the nutritional value of snacks, it is worth reducing the amount of mayonnaise and cheese, replacing them with vegetables whenever possible.

How to properly wrap shawarma from round pita bread at home?

The advantage of round pita bread is that the filling is evenly distributed throughout the entire piece.

From the round

To wrap shawarma at home, follow the step-by-step instructions :

the entire area of lavash on one side with sauce.
Using two horizontal lines we visually divide the pita bread into three parts.
Distribute the filling evenly at the bottom
On the right and left we fold the edges inward so that they touch in the center.
Cover part of the filling with the bottom edge and turn the roll several times, forming a closed, smooth shawarma. During the folding process, the sides should not move, maintaining two parallel straight lines.
We fix the pita bread by frying it in any convenient way.

How to properly wrap a shawarma with an open top?

To prepare open-top shawarma at home, you can use a round lavash shape or half a rectangular piece. We adhere to step-by-step recommendations:

Spread the filling evenly onto the edge of the pita bread , leaving a few centimeters on each side unused.
Distribute 2-3 tbsp of filling on top. l. sauce.
The side edge closest to the filling is folded inward.
perpendicularly , covering a third of the filling.
Parallel to the side, wrap the roll inside and wrap the shawarma with the top open.
The open form of shawarma is held vertically in the hands and additional sauce is applied to the visible part of the filling.

Step by step

How to wrap a square shawarma at home?

If a classic rectangular shape is used for a cold appetizer, then a square shawarma shape can be used for a hot appetizer.

Square

You can wrap the shawarma in the shape of a square according to the following scheme:

Divide the rectangular sheet of pita bread into two parts.
Apply a layer of prepared sauce to one part.
Place the filling , leaving an empty space on each edge for wrapping.
First, fold the bottom edge upward; it should cover half of the filling.
The right edge must be folded in such a way as to completely cover the filling.
The left edge of the pita bread is overlapped with the right edge with the filling.
The resulting shape is folded in half to form a square and pressed down.
To fix the pita bread, fry it on the grill or in the oven.

The prepared pita bread is immediately served to the table. Otherwise, the vegetables will release juice and, in combination with the sauce, turn the crispy crust into wet dough.

A tasty and satisfying version of cooking with pork

The best food is prepared with your own hands; you are always confident in the quality, freshness and benefits of the food you eat. Pork shawarma with vegetables is very filling and tasty.

The pulp is marinated, fried and cut into pieces or thin slices, vegetables and sauce are added to the filling and the pita bread is rolled in a way convenient for you.