Shawarma with Pulled Beef

Ingredients

• 2 гілочки Cherry tomatoes
• 3 шт. Bell peppers
• 2 головки Fresh garlic
• Olive oil (For drizzling over the vegetables)
• Salt for the vegetables (To taste)
• 800 г Ground beef
• 1 шт. Onion (Grate on a coarse grater and squeeze out the excess liquid; some can be used fresh during assembly)
• 3 tbsp Greek yogurt
• 2 tsp Ground paprika (For seasoning the meat sheets)
• 1 tsp Chili powder (For seasoning the meat sheets)
• 2 tsp Ground black pepper (For the meat; in the video, it is also used to season the vegetables)
• 2 tsp Ground dried garlic (For seasoning the meat sheets)
• 2 tsp Salt (Level; for the meat mixture)
• Lavash (For assembling the shawarma)
• Sauce (The quantity and ingredients are not specified in the source)
• Fresh cucumber (For assembly; quantity not specified)
• Cheese (For assembly; type and quantity not specified)

Steps

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 200 °C. Prepare a baking dish and a baking sheet.

2. 2

   Place the cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, and garlic heads in the baking dish. Drizzle the vegetables with olive oil and season with salt.

3. 3

   Roast the vegetables in the oven until done; the author indicates approximately 35 minutes.

4. 4

   Grate the onion on a coarse grater and squeeze out the excess liquid thoroughly.

5. 5

   Combine the ground beef with the squeezed onion, Greek yogurt, and salt. Knead the mixture thoroughly.

6. 6

   Pound the ground meat well, cover it with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for several hours.

7. 7

   Divide the chilled ground meat into 4 equal portions. Roll each portion thinly between two sheets of parchment paper.

8. 8

   Remove one sheet of parchment paper from each meat sheet. Generously sprinkle the sheets with paprika, chili powder, black pepper, and dried garlic.

9. 9

   Tightly roll each meat sheet into a roulade and transfer the rolls to a baking sheet.

10. 10

    Bake the meat rolls in an oven preheated to 200 °C for 30–35 minutes.

11. 11

    Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the meat cool for approximately 10 minutes. Then unwrap the rolls and tear the baked meat into pieces.

12. 12

    For each shawarma, place sauce, meat, onion, roasted vegetables, cucumber, and cheese on the lavash. The quantities of these ingredients are not specified in the source.

13. 13

    Wrap the lavash tightly around the shawarma. Fry the finished shawarma over low heat on all sides.

14. 14

    Serve the shawarma after frying.

Notes

The source does not specify the quantity and ingredients of the sauce, or the quantities of lavash, cucumber, cheese, and fresh onion. The marinating time for the ground meat is described only as “several hours.”

Nutrition per serving

• main course
• shawarma
• Middle Eastern cuisine
• beef
• baked
• homemade
• street food