Shawarma is almost the best dish for fast food. It can contain a wide variety of ingredients, but sauce can rightly be considered the main component. There are many varieties of it, but making shawarma sauce at home is quite simple.

Classic Shawarma Sauce

The sauce according to the classic recipe is prepared simply and quickly, and the result is very tasty. This cooking option resembles the one commonly used in fast food establishments. The necessary products can be found in any store.

For cooking you will need:

  • fermented baked milk - 50 ml;
  • sour cream - 50 ml;
  • mayonnaise - 50 ml;
  • garlic - 2 to 3 cloves;
  • lemon juice - 1 - 2 tsp;
  • sugar - 1/2 tsp;
  • salt to taste;
  • paprika - to taste;
  • curry - to taste;
  • hops-suneli - by eye.

It is advisable to use fat sour cream and mayonnaise, otherwise dressing will quickly soak pita bread.

Step by step recipe:

  1. It is necessary to prepare a container convenient for mixing and pour in the fermented baked milk. Mayonnaise and sour cream are sent there.
  2. The ingredients mix well.
  3. Lemon juice is poured to the resulting mixture, salt and sugar are poured.
  4. The composition is again well mixed until the loose components are dissolved.
  5. Spices are carefully poured: paprika, curry and suneli hops.
  6. Garlic is chopped with a knife or passed through a garlic press.
  7. Everything mixes well manually or in a mixer at low speed.

It is important not to overdo it with spices and sprinkle them a little. Such a sauce becomes even tastier after it has been infused in the refrigerator for several hours.

Cooking on the basis of kefir

In catering tents, shawarma pita bread is often coated with ordinary mayonnaise. Homemade sauce can be made more interesting.

Components:

  • kefir - 200 g;
  • sour cream - 50 ml;
  • mayonnaise - 250 g;
  • garlic - 2 to 3 cloves;
  • paprika (sweet) - 1/2 tsp;
  • curry and suneli hops - 1/2 tsp.

Cooking method:

  1. Kefir, sour cream and mayonnaise are poured into a separate bowl. It is advisable to choose medium-fat products so that the dressing is thick.
  2. Available spices and pre-chopped garlic are sent there.
  3. All the ingredients are mixed well and the mixture is sent to the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

Such a piquant composition can be used not only in shawarma, but also in the preparation of sandwiches or as a salad dressing. This sauce is well complemented by fried or baked chicken.

Garlic flavored

Garlic sauce is a great option not only for shawarma, but also for other snacks. It is good because it is prepared from natural ingredients. Their flavor is quite neutral and perfectly complemented by garlic.

 

Components:

  • kefir - 50 ml .;
  • chicken yolks - 4 pcs.;
  • vegetable oil - 100 ml .;
  • mustard - 2 tsp;
  • garlic - 3 to 4 cloves;
  • salt and pepper (black and red) - 1/2 tsp;
  • parsley and dill - by eye.

Step by step recipe:

  1. First you need to make homemade mayonnaise. For this, chicken yolks, vegetable oil and mustard are combined in a separate vessel. With a mixer, everything is whipped to the desired consistency.
  2. Garlic is finely chopped with a knife, garlic press or on a grater.
  3. Kefir, mayonnaise and spicy garlic gruel are mixed together.
  4. Salt, peppers and parsley with dill are sent to the resulting mixture (the latter - optional).
  5. The sauce should be infused for several hours in the refrigerator.

This sauce also goes well with poultry dishes.

Real red sauce

This sauce looks original and is a useful alternative to harmful ketchup. However, its ingredients may not seem quite ordinary.

Essential Ingredients:

  • Tomatoes - 2 - 3 pcs.;
  • bell pepper - 1 - 2 pcs.;
  • olive oil - 3 tbsp. l .;
  • salt and pepper - to taste;
  • paprika - to taste;
  • onions - 1 - 2 pcs.;
  • tomato paste - 4 - 5 tbsp. l

Cooking method:

  1. Tomatoes are cut into small cubes.
  2. Onion chopped with a knife finely.
  3. Pepper is chopped into small strips.
  4. Onions, peppers and tomatoes are successively fried in olive oil.
  5. After a couple of minutes, tomato paste is introduced, spices are added, and the fire turns off.
  6. Once the mixture has cooled, you must grind it with an additional blender.

It is not forbidden to add hot pepper to the proposed composition to add piquancy to the sauce.

Diet dressing for PP shawarma

Even on a diet, you want to treat yourself to an appetizing shawarma. In this case, the use of dietary ingredients will help.

What is necessary:

  • natural yogurt - 100 g;
  • mustard - 1 tsp;
  • lemon juice - 2 - 3 tsp;
  • a mixture of peppers - 1/2 tsp;
  • coriander grains - by eye;
  • oregano - a pinch;
  • olives - 5 pcs.

Cooking method:

  1. Coriander grains are ground to a state of small flakes. Peppers and oregano are added. Everything mixes well.
  2. Olives are finely chopped beforehand.
  3. Spices, yogurt, mustard, lemon juice and olives are mixed in a separate vessel.
  4. Everything mixes well and sprinkled with herbs if necessary. To enhance the taste, you can insist on refueling in the refrigerator.

The peculiarity of this dish is a certain set of spices, which is undesirable to change the composition.

The recipe, as in the stalls

Some believe that shawarma sauce, like in stalls, is difficult to cook at home. This is far from the case. Even more than that - nothing is easier!

 

Essential Ingredients:

  • mayonnaise (fat) - 100 g;
  • kefir - 100 g;
  • sour cream (25%) - 100 g;
  • garlic - 2 to 3 cloves;
  • salt and pepper - a pinch;
  • greens - optional.

Step by step recipe:

  1. First you should mix mayonnaise, kefir and sour cream.
  2. Garlic and herbs are chopped.
  3. Spices and composition from the previous step are poured into a liquid mixture.
  4. Everything mixes well, sprinkled with herbs if desired.

Trying to prepare “the most delicious sauce in the world”, you must understand that it is the main component of shawarma.Therefore, do not make its taste too bright, otherwise the remaining ingredients of the snack seem fresh.

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