Versatile Shawarma Sauce for Multiple Dishes

Simple and delicious, made from affordable products! Classic shawarma sauce is suitable not only for this dish! It is quite versatile and can be perfectly used for dressing salads, as well as for meat or fish. Itʼs easy to make with cheap ingredients.
cook time: 10 min
Chloe Benton
Versatile Shawarma Sauce for Multiple Dishes

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

185
Calories
16g
Fat
7g
Carbs
3g
Protein

Ingredients (3 portions)

Basic:

Garlic 1 clove
Salt to taste
Sugar 10 g
Sour cream 2 tbsp
Mayonnaise 2 tbsp
Lemons 0.5 pc
Khmeli-suneli to taste
Ryazhenka 150 ml

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make classic shawarma sauce? Prepare all the necessary products. In order for the sauce to be thick and not spread, take dairy products with a high percentage of fat content, and even better — homemade ones. So, the fat content of fermented baked milk should be at least 4%, and even better — 6%. And sour cream — at least 30%, so that a spoon can stand in it. Mayonnaise is also preferable to home-made mayonnaise; store-bought mayonnaise not only has no benefits, but is completely harmful!

Step 2

Step 2
In a saucepan, mix fermented baked milk, sour cream and mayonnaise until smooth.

Step 3

Step 3
We only need juice from the lemon, so you can also use ready-made, factory-produced lemon juice. If you squeeze juice directly from a lemon, first wash it with very hot water — this way the lemon will release much more juice. And make sure that the bones from it do not get into the sauce — a sieve will help you here.

Step 4

Step 4
Salt the sauce to taste. I use regular sea salt, but it can also be salt with additives, for example, Adyghe salt.

Step 5

Step 5
Add sugar. In general, it is recommended to add sugar to all dishes where you add salt for a more balanced taste. Of course, it shouldn’t be a huge spoonful of sugar, but just a pinch.

Step 6

Step 6
Peel the garlic and add chopped garlic to the sauce. I put it through the press. But you can also finely chop it with a knife or grate it on a fine grater. If you don’t have fresh garlic, add garlic powder, although the sauce with fresh is certainly much tastier and healthier.

Step 7

Step 7
Add suneli hops. This seasoning is traditionally added to the classic recipe for such a sauce, but at your request, it can also be utskho-suneli, dried and fresh herbs, and some other herbs and seasonings to your taste. Stir until smooth and use for making shawarma or for other dishes and salads.

Step 8

Step 8
A delicious sour cream sauce for shawarma at home is very thick, rich and aromatic. Bon appetit!

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