Definition of shawarma
: a sandwich especially of sliced lamb or chicken, vegetables, and often tahini wrapped in pita bread
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There will be octopus with shawarma spice, my grandmother’s lamb kebabs over charcoal.
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This bar-friendly version comes as a mound of juicy grilled chicken wings rubbed in shawarma spices that are aided by a healthy swipe of garlicky toum for dipping.
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On the menu: Hummus; smoked baba ghanouj; gyro wrap; falafel platter; chicken shawarma platter; kushari mint tea; hibiscus rose water tea.
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Spinach pie and the marinated chicken dish shawarma are customer favorites, says Rasha Obaid, Majd AlGhatrif’s wife, who manages cafe and gallery.
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Mighty Gyros Kefta kabobs from the grill, chicken shawarma plates and gyro pita sandwiches are all on the menu at Mighty Gyros in Glendale, near 59th Avenue and Union Hills Drive.
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This is a neat twist on a chicken shawarma sandwich, with chicken, hummus and garlic sauce piled atop pita chips.
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And East Coast acolytes of Koslow's got to eat the stuff—creamed yogurt with shredded pickle, quail shawarma, and sturgeon with a green Yemeni curry called sahawek—before their L.A. counterparts.
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Long before falafel and shawarma were available all around town, East Boulevard’s Kabob Grill in Kenilworth Commons was the place to go for lamb, pitas and baba ganoush.
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Origin and Etymology of shawarma
Levantine Arabic shāwurma sliced lamb on a skewer, from Turkish çevirme, literally, turn, rotation, from çevir- turn
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