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Shawarma Filo Rolls

Chicken shawarma filled inside filo pastry and baked.

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS

For the shawarma

For Marination

  • 500 g chicken breast thinly sliced
  • 3 tbsp Yoghurt
  • 1 tsp chilli powder/cayenne
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 3/4 tsp cumin powder
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamom powder
  • 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
  • 2 tbsp chopped garlic
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • Salt
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

Other ingredients

  • Parsley
  • Onion chopped
  • Tomatoes chopped
  • Hot sauce
  • Pickled cucumbers chopped
  • Pickled green chillies chopped

For assembling

  • 4 Filo pastry sheets
  • Garlic sauce
  • Mozzarella cheese
  • Melted unsalted butter

Instructions

DIRECTIONS

  • Marinate the chicken pieces in the above mentioned ingredients and let rest for 1-2 hours.
  • Heat some olive oil in a pan and shallow fry the chicken pieces till nicely cooked and gets that char on the pieces.
  • Chop these chicken pieces further.
  • To the chicken, mix in chopped parsley, hot sauce and olive oil to make it moist.
  • In a bowl mix in chopped onions, tomatoes, and pickled veggies. Combine the chicken mix in this. Your shawarma mix is ready.

Assembling

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Defrost and thaw the filo pastry well without taking it out of the package.
  • Open the package and take out a sheet of filo. Place on a surface and brush melted butter all over it.
  • Place a second sheet of filo on top of this and again brush with butter all over. I forgot to take the picture of these two steps.
  • Cut into 6 rectangles as shown in the picture.
  • Take out one rectangle piece and place the shawarma mix on one end.
  • Add in a little bit of garlic sauce. If you want you can add mozzarella too.
  • Roll twice and then fold the sides and continue rolling. You can brush more butter on the sides and edges for it to stick well.
  • Brush butter all over the roll and then sprinkle some sesame seeds.
  • Place the rolls on a lined baking sheet and bake them for 25-30 minutes till golden and crispy.

Notes

Notes:
* If filo pastry is not available, you can use spring roll pastry instead. But with that deep frying will be better.
* Always while assembling cover the remaining filo pastry with a damp cloth once opened to avoid drying out.
* You can add mozzarella, or moutabel too in the rolls if you like.
* The amount of hot sauce added can be adjusted according to your preferred level of spiciness.