Sunday, November 16, 2014

Pita souvlaki

Before I moved to Sweden, I already knew that I would not be able to find a specific pita wrap we make in Greece, called "pita souvlaki", or "souvlaki", depending on where you live in Greece. Other countries seem to offer the alternatives of "gyro" and "gyro wraps" or "kebab" or plain souvlaki without the pita. As by request of all friends abroad who have visited Greece and loved pita souvlaki as much as Greeks do, and because I can't live without this, here is my recipe for pita souvlaki!

Time you'll need to make this: 90-120min
Difficulty level: easy


Ingredients (for 2 wraps):

-2 slices of pita bread - in Sweden, I buy something very similar called "Polarkaka Original". You will most certainly be able to find pita bread (or something very close to it) at a big store. I will post a recipe for homemade pita bread in the future, once I get to experiment on it.
- 2-3 chicken leg fillets. Alternatively, pork meat or soy meat (vegetarian version) can be used.
- one plate of any type of potatoes you fancy - for this time, I used frozen, chopped potatoes and had them done in the oven, because pita souvlaki is supposed to be a "fast food", and you shouldn't need to spend too much time preparing it, but I would recommend homemade potatoes, if you have the time to do it. You can use this recipe of baked potatoes, but remove the skin and cut them longer and thinner instead.
- salt
- pepper
- grill spices mix
- powdered garlic
- oregano
- olive oil
- mustard
- mayo (not light, just this once!)
- curry
- one tomato (optional)
- one onion (red or yellow, according to your preference, optional)
- baking sheets (4)