How much cooking time?

50 min — 30 min prep, 20 min cooking.

Hyderabadi Shawarma Kebab

Name: Hyderabadi Shawarma Kebab
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Telangana Indian
Ingredients: 2tbsp Coriander Leaves; 8g Mint Leaves; 3g Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 12g Ginger; 60g Curd; 15g Lemon; 12g Garlic; 100g Wheat Flour (Atta); 80g onion; 450g chicken; salt; 2g garam masala powder; 1tbsp oil

Hyderabad-style spiced chicken wrapped in rumali roti with mint chutney and onion. Local fusion of Middle Eastern shawarma.

Time 50 min · Serves 8 · 183 kcal · Hyderabad, Telangana

Ingredients

Garnish

Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)
Mint Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 8 g (chopped)

Main

Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 3 g (ground)
Ginger — 12 g (chopped)
Curd — 60 g (whole)
Lemon — 15 g (whole)
Garlic — 12 g (chopped)
Wheat Flour (Atta) — 100 g (ground)
onion — 80 g (chopped)
chicken — 450 g (chopped)
salt (optional) (whole)
garam masala powder — 2 g (ground)

Tempering

oil — 1 tbsp (whole)

Method

Marinate boneless chicken strips in curd, ginger, garlic, red chilli powder, garam masala, lemon juice and salt for at least 1 hour.
Cook the marinated chicken on a hot tawa or grill with a little oil until cooked through and lightly charred, about 10-12 minutes, then slice.
Make thin rumali roti from wheat flour dough, rolling it paper-thin and cooking briefly on an inverted hot tawa.
Place the grilled chicken slices, sliced onion and mint chutney on the rumali roti and roll it up tightly into a wrap.
Serve immediately while warm, cut into pieces if desired.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Hyderabadi Shawarma Kebab?: 183 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 50 min — 30 min prep, 20 min cooking.

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