Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Serves 4
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
- 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.
Recipe by Love and Lemons
