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Chicken shawarma bowl

Name: Chicken shawarma bowl
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 600 g boneless thighs chicken, boneless; 1/2 cup curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 3 tbsp divided lemon juice; 5 cloves divided garlic; 1 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 1 tsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1 tsp or paprika kashmiri chilli powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); a pinch cinnamon powder; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 tsp salt; 1 cup basmati rice; 1/2 cup for garlic sauce hung curd (greek yogurt); 1 diced cucumber; 1 diced tomato; 1/2 sliced onion; a handful flat leaf parsley; Dill pickles (gherkins), pickled cucumbers or turnips, sliced

Spiced chicken, garlic sauce, pickles and rice. The shawarma, without the drip down your wrist.

45 minTime

43 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Chicken shawarma bowl.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless600 g boneless thighs

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)½ cup

Lemon juice3 tbsp, divided

Garlic5 cloves, divided

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1 tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1 tsp, or paprika

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Cinnamon powdera pinch

Black pepper½ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Salt1 tsp

Basmati rice1 cup

Hung curd (greek yogurt)½ cup, for garlic sauce

Cucumber1, diced

Tomato1, diced

Onion½, sliced

Flat leaf parsleya handful

Dill pickles (gherkins)pickled cucumbers or turnips, sliced

Method

5 steps

1Mix curd, half the lemon, 3 cloves grated garlic, all the spices, half the oil and salt. Coat chicken and marinate at least 1 hour.
2Cook the rice with a pinch of salt and turmeric if you like.
3Sear chicken in a very hot pan or grill with the rest of the oil until charred and no pink remains. Rest and slice thinly.
4Stir hung curd with the remaining garlic, lemon and salt for garlic sauce.
5Build bowls with rice, salad, pickles and chicken, garlic sauce on top.

Serve it like this

Serve in wide bowls with chicken fanned over rice, salad and pickles alongside, garlic sauce and chilli sauce on top.

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