How To Wrap Shawarma

Alexander Bruni
Author: Alexander Bruni Time for reading: ~3 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022
How To Wrap Shawarma

Shawarma is our favorite and very popular dish. Therefore, you can enjoy this food literally at every step. Of course, not everyone trusts street works of culinary art, sometimes they doubt what cunning merchants are wrapping, and with what hands they can wrap it.

 
 

How to wrap shawarma in pita bread at home

Shawarma is our favorite and very popular dish. Therefore, you can enjoy this food literally at every step. Of course, not everyone trusts street works of culinary art, sometimes they doubt what cunning merchants are wrapping, and with what hands they can wrap it. Therefore, many try to cook this dish at home. It's always tastier and safer. But not everyone at home can immediately wrap it right.

After all, not only the filling itself is important, but also how to properly wrap shawarma in pita bread. Photos on advertising signs and points where this dish is made always show a dense, perfectly wrapped dish. But it is not always possible to wrap shawarma at home the way we would like. Experienced merchants are much better at wrapping shawarma.

But if you wrap it incorrectly, then not only the appearance of the dish will deteriorate, but it will also be quite difficult to eat it: the filling will be unevenly distributed and fall out. All this will create some difficulties for the tasters.

Therefore, in order for the shawarma to turn out perfect, you need to know how to wrap it correctly. Do not be afraid, this process is quite simple. Even those who are far from culinary skills can learn. A few workouts, and your skills will be envied.

In this step-by-step instruction, we will show how to wrap shawarma in pita bread correctly at home. You will quickly and easily learn how to wrap even elastic pita rolls with juicy stuffing inside from the photo. And for sure, you will then teach friends and acquaintances.

Recipes with thin Armenian lavash

Option 1
envelope
Option 2
square
Option 3
open top
Ingredients:
  • Thin Armenian lavash
  • bechamel sauce
We will need:
  • A spoon

How to wrap shawarma with an envelope step by step instructions with a photo

Step 1

 

To properly wrap the shawarma, you will need 1 pita bread, shawarma sauce, filling, spoon.

Step 2

 

Lubricate pita bread with 1-2 tablespoons of sauce.

Step 3

 

Lay out the filling.

Step 4

 

Fold the left and right edges to the middle.

Step 5

 

Bend the bottom edge of the pita, making one turn, so that the filling is completely inside. Next - wrap the tube.

Step 6

 

Wrapped shawarma is ready.

Ingredients:
  • Thin Armenian lavash
We will need:
  • A spoon

How to wrap a shawarma in a square step by step instructions with a photo

Step 1

 

For work, we need 1 thin pita bread, shawarma filling, sauce, spoon.

Step 2

 

Divide pita bread into 2 parts, grease 1 part with 1-2 tablespoons of sauce.

Step 3

 

Put the filling below the center of the pita bread. Make sure you leave enough space around the edges.

Step 4

 

Bend the bottom of the pita towards the center. The bottom of the pita should go into the middle of the filling.

Step 5

 

Bend the right edge of the pita bread towards the center. The edge of the pita should completely cover the filling.

Step 6

 

Bend the left edge of the pita bread towards the center.

Step 7

 

Take the bottom part of the shawarma and fold it over the top part. Shawarma is ready.

Ingredients:
  • Thin Armenian lavash
We will need:
  • A spoon

How to wrap an open top shawarma step by step instructions with a photo

Step 1

 

For work, we need 1 thin pita bread, filling and shawarma sauce, a spoon.

Step 2

 

Divide the pita leaf in half. Lubricate pita bread with a thin layer of sauce.

Step 3

 

Spread the filling from one end to the other, leaving room at the top and bottom, and on both sides.

Step 4

 

Wrap the top edge of the pita bread towards the center. The edge should go over 1/3 of the filling.

Step 5

 

Wrap the right edge of the pita bread towards the center by 1/4 of the width of the pita bread.

Step 6

 

Cover the filling with the right side of the pita so that it completely covers the filling. Wrap tightly the left edge of the pita bread over the filling.

Step 7

 

Tuck the edge of the pita bread under the shawarma. Shawarma is ready.

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