Spiced chicken arayes

Arayes is the plural of the word for ‘bride’, in Arabic, which is ‘aroos’. There are various tales as to why this particular name is given to this snack: one is that the white bread represents the white dress of the bride wrapped around a dark tuxedo (typically a lamb filling) of the groom in a deep embrace (!). Thinking slightly more practically, for those with an appetite arayes are essentially pan-fried pita bread sandwiches. They’re great either for snacking on before a meal or as a mea