# Shawarma

A recipe for beef shawarma, featuring homemade Saj bread and toum garlic sauce.

- Total time: 40 min
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- flour
- salt
- water
- beef
- turmeric powder
- garlic powder
- cumin powder
- cayenne powder
- cloves
- cardamom
- lemon
- tomato paste
- sugar
- pomegranate syrup
- oil
- olive oil
- hot coal
- red onion
- sesame seeds
- garlic
- cucumber
- tomatoes

## Instructions

1. Add flour, salt, and water to a bowl.
2. Mix the ingredients to form a dough.
3. Cover the dough and let it rest for 30 minutes.
4. Cut the dough into small, equal portions.
5. Roll out each portion of dough into a thin, round Saj bread.
6. Cook the Saj bread in a pan over high heat until browned and cooked through.
7. Slice the beef into thin strips.
8. Add turmeric powder, garlic powder, cumin powder, cayenne powder, cloves, cardamom, lemon juice, tomato paste, sugar, and pomegranate syrup to the beef.
9. Mix well to marinate the beef.
10. Heat oil in a pan and cook the marinated beef until browned and cooked through.
11. Transfer the cooked beef to a pan, create a foil cup in the center, add olive oil and a hot coal, then cover and smoke for 10 minutes.
12. Slice the red onions thinly.
13. Add water and sugar to the sliced red onions to pickle them.
14. Blend sesame seeds with olive oil to make tahini.
15. Blend garlic with salt to make toum (garlic sauce).
16. Dice cucumber and tomatoes.
17. Spread toum (garlic sauce) on the Saj bread.
18. Add the cooked beef shawarma.
19. Top with diced tomatoes and cucumber.
20. Add pickled onions, tahini, and more toum.
21. Roll up the shawarma.
22. Cut the shawarma in half.
23. Serve and enjoy.

## Equipment

- bowl
- cutting board
- knife
- pizza peel
- rolling pin
- pan
- stove
- food processor

## Tips

- The meat is insane, but the Saj bread could be better.
- The seasoning is on point.

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSuVxUpH7/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/54d5964a-da7c-4fcc-b7ea-2ca31f21094d
- Extracted: 2026-03-19

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