Shoarma Spice Mix

Description
Holland had many eastern collonies in the middle ages. It imported many spices from places like Indonesia and India. It is not surprising they used these spices in their kitchen. The shoarma aka pitta mix should enable you to make real shoarma.

Ingredients

 * 1 tablespoon ground cumin
 * 1 tablespoon ground coriander
 * 1 tablespoon garlic powder
 * 1/2 tablespoon paprika
 * 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
 * 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
 * 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
 * 1 teaspoon ground ginger
 * 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
 * 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions
If you have whole spices and the time, dry roast the cumin and coriander seeds in a frying pan for several minutes, let them cool and grind as fine as possible Mix everything together and put in a small jar Shoarma idea for 4: approx 1lb pork, lamb or chicken, cut meat in strips, add 1 tablespoon oil and lemon juice, 1 or 2 teaspoons of the spicemix, add salt to taste, mix and leave for a few hours or overnight.

If you like add some chopped onion, crushed garlic, chopped chili pepper and a chopped sweet pepper to the meat mix.

Fry or grill this until done.

Serve in a wrap or pita bread with a mayonnaise sauce,Tzatziki or try my Yoghurt Chutney recipe#38562 and add some finely chopped cucumber to it.

Use for barbecues, marinades and so on.