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To all readers,
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Chicken Shawarma

Hello again, blog-readers!
I realised it has been quite a while since I last posted. It took me a lot of time to figure out what I should blog about cooking-wise. This is one of those few dishes that amateur me has managed to cook right and it is also a favourite in the household.
This recipe has been taken from Dedemed - however I have tweaked it a bit in minor areas. She's a fantastic cook and an absolute inspiration. If it wasn't for her, I doubt I would have ever learned to make a shawarma! Thank you so much Dede =).

(Makes about 7-8 shawarmas)

Ingredients:

500-600 grams of boneless chicken breast, cut into thin slices
4 tbsp of yogurt (if possible, try removing the moisture by hanging it in a muslin cloth)
2  tbsp of shawarma spice (Can be purchased at a local Carrefour outlet)
2 cardamom pods, crushed
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder1/2 tbsp ginger-garlic-chilli paste
2 garlic cloves- crushed
2 packets of medium sized lebanese bread
salt as per taste (around 1 1/4 tsp)
1/4th tsp paprika
3 tbsp olive oil + 1 tbsp for the pan
5-6 pickled cucumbers, sliced (you may add other pickled vegetables or lettuce and tomato if you wish)
french fries (too much is never enough!)
1 cup tahini sauce
Parsley

Tahini Sauce

Ingredients:

1/2 cup tahini paste1 clove garlic, crushedfew tbsp of yogurt as per tastefew tbsp of water5 tbsp lemon juice (can be adjusted to your liking)To make the sauce, mix all the ingredients together. Once it comes to a dressing-like consistency, pass it through a sieve and store.

Procedure:

1. Take the sliced chicken and add in all the ingredients except the pickled cucumbers and sauce.

2. Mix well and add olive oil to the mixture.3. Keep it inside the fridge for as long as possible. (2 hours- 1 day)

4. Add 1 tbsp of oil on a pan and heat it. Once it is fairly hot, add the chicken pieces and cook for about 7-10 minutes.

5. On a plate, take the lebanese bread and open it. Spread the tahini sauce generously and add some cucumbers. On this, add chicken and fries.

6. Wrap it and toast it on a frying pan to heaten it up.7. Serve with tabouleh or any other Arabic delicacy that pleases your tastebuds!!

I hope you readers will make this recipe at home for your friends and family! Do let me know your thoughts and recommendations. The blogger world is like a pool of knowledge, so lets spread and share it with everyone!!

Until next time
-Sonia

Natural eye tutorial

Dear Blog-readers,
A hearty welcome to all of you!

This is an eye makeup look I tried out in the early hours of the morning. It is very subtle and has both matte and shimmer eyeshadows.

As an Indian girl, it gets hard sometimes to try and replicate YouTube tutorials because quite a few that I like are suited for fairer skinned beauties.

I tried a simple smokey eye with gold and matte browns.

Products used:

1.Essence eye primer

2.Essence smokey eye mascara

3. Coastal Scents camo quad in dark

4.Sleek storm palette

5.Mikyajy eyeliner in black

6.Mikyajy coffee eyes palette

7. Clinique cream liner in black

1.I started off with primed eyelids and used a matte cream highlight shade from the Storm palette.

2. Then use the matte brown in the crease and the pinky gold shade from Mikyajy coffee eyes palette all over the lid. 

3.Use a light shimmery shade on the inner corner and 1/3 of the lower lashline.

4.Take the black eyeshadow in the storm palette,. Use it over the lower lashline and top it with clinique eyeliner on the top and bottom lashlines.

5.To complete the look, used the Mikyajy pencil eyeliner and two coats of mascara.

This is one of the first looks I've done that I am actually happy with. I'd love to receive feedback from all you readers and hope that I'm of some help to someone out there!

God bless! 

-Sonia