Shawarma spiced chicken with tahini yoghurt | Recipe | A kitchen in Istanbul

Ingredients

• 600 g chicken fillet (I prefer thigh fillet, cut into strips)
• 1 Tbsp olive oil (I use a mild extra virgin)
• 2 onion (halved and cut into ¾ cm (¼ in) slices)
• 20 g coriander (cilantro) (or flat leaf parsley)
• water
• salt and pepper
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp sweet paprika
• 1 tsp ground allspice
• 1 tsp isot biber (Urfa pepper)
• ½ tsp ground turmeric
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 small pinch ground cloves
• 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
• 2 Tbsp olive oil (I use a mild extra virgin)
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp ground black pepper
• 2 tomato (cut into 1 cm (⅓ in) dice)
• 3-4 Middle Eastern cucumbers (cut into 1 cm (⅓ in) dice)
• 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 400 g Greek yoghurt
• 100 g tahini