Recipe#12162

Title: Shawarma

From: tzi1@slosh.com (Tzigane) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Shawarma 
 Date: 11 Apr 1998 14:26:35 -0700 
 Message-ID: <6gon6b$s27$1@shell8.ba.best.com> 

Serves 8
 1 cup yogurt
 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
 4 cloves garlic, minced
 1/2 tsp hot pepper sauce
 1 Tbsp vinegar
 1 Tbsp onion, finely minced
 1/2 tsp black pepper
 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
 1/2 tsp ground mace
 1/2 tsp salt
 2 lbs. beef, lamb or chicken, very thinly sliced
 1 cup Tahini (sesame seed paste)
 1 clove of garlic, minced
 1 tsp lemon juice
 2 Tbsp parsley, chopped
 1/2 cup water (approximately)
 Pita bread
 1 medium tomato, sliced
 1 medium onion, sliced
 Combine yogurt, lemon juice, garlic, pepper sauce, vinegar, onion,
 black and cayenne pepper, mace and salt.  Add meat and marinate
 overnight.
 Place the marinated meat in a barbeque cage and cook over hot coals
 for 15 minutes. OR cook on slotted broiler pan in oven on broil
 for 3 minutes, turn and continue to broil until cooked through.
 Combine tahini, garlic, lemon juice and parsley until it is of a
 creamy texture,  Add water if necessary.  Place the cooked meat,
 sliced tomatoes and onions in pita bread and pour on the tahini
 mixture as desired.
 Substitutions: You can substitute Ranch or buttermilk salad dressing
 for the tahini sauce.