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What's the
difference between shawarma, gyro and doner?
Shawarma
(Arabic: امرواش
, Hebrew: המראווש)
also spelled chawarma, shwarma, shawerma, or shoarma, from the Turkish
word çevirme (turning) which is another name used for döner
kebab (IPA:
[tevir'me] 'turned thing') is a Middle Eastern-style sandwich usually
composed of shaved lamb, chicken, turkey, or beef. Shawarma is a
popular dish across the Middle East, and is consumed by many across the
rest of the world as well. Shawarma is known as guss in Iraq and gyros
in Greece.
Shawarma
(Çevirme) has its origins in
Anatolia and is essentially the same dish as döner kebab in
Turkey,
possibly differing from it in the type of meat and spices used.
Gyros or
gyro (Greek γύρος, "turning")
is a kind of meat roasted on a vertical rotisserie, or by extension the
pita bread it is usually found in. In addition to the meat, there are
also various salads and sauces inside the pita. The most common
fillings are tomato, french fries, onions and tzatziki sauce. The
Arabic shawarma, the Turkish döner and Mexican tacos al pastor are
somewhat similar (though tortillas, used to wrap Mexican tacos, is a
bread product of very different texture than the Greek pita). In some
parts of Greece, gyros was formerly called ντονέρ
[don'er], from its
Turkish name döner kebab (literally "turning roast");
γύρος is a calque
on that name. The name gyros and souvlaki are usually used
interchangeably in Athens.
Döner
Kebab (as döner kebab in Turkish
and often simply kebab, döner, doner, donner or donair), which
literally means "turning roast" is the name given to a Turkish dish
made with lamb (or mutton), beef or chicken. Some have compared doner
kebabs to shawarma and gyros, possibly because similar meat may be
used, but they are in fact very different in terms of the filling
and/or form. Doner kebabs are generally wrapped in tortilla-like flat
bread, and shawarma is generally in pita or sandwich form. Gyros are
always wrapped in pita. The difference in fillings are also very great.
The gyro almost always contains the same few ingredients. Doner kebabs
and shawarma, though, can include various salad ingredients such as
salat, onion tomato or cucumber and fresh mint as well as a number of
creamy sauces or even hot sauce.
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Important microbiological
aspect:
ALWAYS grill your
döner meat all
the way through after you
start grilling!
Microorganisms are effectivly neutralised.
Uncotrolled
microorganism growth will negatively affect the sensory characteristics
at best, or spoil your döner meat at worst.
Presevatives
keep your meat's processing properties ideal, leading to perfect
sensory characteristics in the finished döner product.
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