Shawarma Machine

Shawarma is a Middle Eastern dish consisting of marinated and well seasoned meat including: chicken, beef and lamb. The meat is cooked on a vertical pole with side burners known as a shawarma machine and served sandwich style on pita bread with condiments such as tahini sauce, tomatoes, pickles and onions. Shawarma is made by alternately stacking strips of fat and pieces of seasoned meat on a vertical spit. An onion, a tomato, or a halved lemon is sometimes placed at the top for decoration. The meat is roasted slowly on all sides as the spit rotates in front of, or over, a flame for hours.