Chickpea Shawarma Wraps
User Reviews
5.0
108 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
15 mins
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Total Time
35 mins
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Servings
4
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Course
Main Course
Chickpea Shawarma Wraps
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Shawarma spiced chickpeas, creamy hummus, spicy zhoug, and fresh veggies fill warm pita bread in these delicious wraps!
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Ingredients
Shawarma Spice (makes extra)
- 1 tablespoon Coriander
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the Wraps
- 1 1/2 cups roasted chickpeas with Shawarma spice
- 4 pitas warmed
- hummus
- 2 Persian cucumbers thinly sliced
- 12 cherry tomatoes quartered
- Pickled onions or thinly sliced red onion
- Handful of fresh mint
Zhoug
- 1 cup cilantro
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 Jalapeño
- 1 garlic clove
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ¼ teaspoon ground coriander
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
Yogurt sauce (optional, or make tahini sauce)
- ½ cup PLAIN yogurt
- ½ tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Make the shawarma spice mix: In a small bowl, combine the coriander, paprika, cumin, cinnamon, ginger, cayenne, and pinches of salt and pepper. Use generous pinches to season the chickpeas before and after roasting them.
- Make the zhoug: Place the cilantro, olive oil, jalapeño, garlic, cumin, coriander, salt, and a few grinds of pepper in a food processor and process until you reach a pesto-like consistency.
- Make the yogurt sauce: In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and several grinds of black pepper.
- Assemble the pitas with the hummus, chickpeas, cucumber, tomato, pickled onion, mint, dots of the zhoug, and drizzles of the yogurt sauce.
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