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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      50 min

Appears in
Classic Palestinian Cuisine: 25th Anniversary Edition

By Christiane Dabdoub Nasser

Published 2026

  • About

Giant shawarma skewers adorn the shop fronts of restaurants in every downtown urban area in Palestine. The fast food of the Middle East, shawarma is now popular in many cities around the world. Huge skewers of lamb and fat shaped as a large inverted cone rotate in front of vertical sources of fire, slowly grilling the outer layer of meat, which upon demand is gradually slivered off for passers-by. It has become quite fashionable to have a shawarma stand installed in the garden for a party,