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- Hey everyone.
Jerry James Stone here
and today's recipe is brought to you by Israeli Kitchen.
I'm gonna show you how to make this wonderful,
well you've probably seen shawarma around, right,
but it's not necessarily a veggie thing.
But I'm gonna show you how to make
this delicious seven-layer shawarma dip.
So it's kind of like seven-layer bean dip,
that sort of Mexican fiesta dip that was, you know,
really popular from a long, long time ago.
It's sort of like that but it's like a Mediterranean version
and inspired by shawarma.
So I think you're really gonna enjoy this.
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a lot of them from me.
I do a bunch of them.
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A lot of healthy but also tasty things
that I think you would love.
But let's get to today's recipe, okay?
Okay, to start out this seven-layer shawarma dip
we need some shawarma spiced chickpeas.
So I just have a can of chickpeas here
that I'm gonna coat in some olive oil.
Get those nicely covered.
Add in our spices starting with some chili powder,
some garlic powder,
some oregano,
some clove,
some cardamom,
some cinnamon,
and some salt.
And just mix this all together
until they're all fully coated.
Okay, now we're gonna roast them.
Just lay them out on a baking sheet in a single layer
and we're gonna roast it for about 20 minutes
at 400 degrees.
While our chickpeas are roasting,
we're gonna make the other layers.
So I just have some Greek yogurt here
that I'm gonna add some freshly cracked pepper to.
Squeeze in some fresh lemon juice.
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Let's get those seeds out.
Those are not wanted.
Add in some fresh dill.
And now add in some shredded cucumber.
And just mix this all together.
This dip is a great party pleaser.
Like I said, it's like the Mexican seven-layer dip,
that fiesta dip, but this is the Middle Eastern version.
Inspired by shawarma.
But you can see all of my Middle Eastern inspired recipes
over at Israelikitchen.com.
Okay, let's go get our next layer put together.
Let me just taste that first.
Oh yeah.
Okay, so we have our next layer,
which is just these delicious, chopped up cherry tomatoes.
And add in some olive oil,
some sea salt,
and I add in some parsley.
And I'm just gonna mix that to combine it all.
It's a nice fresh layer of tomatoes.
I love all the delicious colors.
Okay, let's go get our next one.
So probably my favorite layer in this dip is the hummus.
So we have some chickpeas here.
I just added in some fresh garlic,
and some salt,
freshly squeezed lemon juice,
and more of that.
And I want a really nicely whipped hummus for this
so it's easy to dip into,
so I'm actually just gonna use this chickpea brine
as a way to thin it out.
And just go ahead and pulse it.
There we go, that's looking pretty good.
Tastes pretty good too.
Okay, let's go ahead and build our seven-layer shawarma dip.
Okay, so our bottom layer is gonna be our whipped hummus.
Just kind of spread it out evenly there.
Next we're gonna add in our roasted chickpeas.
They smell so good.
On top of that we're gonna add in some olives.
This is a mixture of mostly black olives
but some kalamala olives minced and tossed in.
So you get that nice little saltier flavor.
Spread that out evenly.
On top of that
we're gonna add in our tomato and parsley salad.
All these delicious heirloom tomatoes.
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you'll find a lot of my tasty recipes there.
I have a lot of recipes like this one.
A layer of minced red onions.
Now we're gonna add in our creamy cucumber salad.
The great thing about this recipe is how flexible it is
so, you know, if you don't have everything in the house
feel free to substitute.
You can use sour cream instead of the Greek yogurt.
That sort of thing.
And then we're just gonna top it off
with some chopped up romaine lettuce.
Like I said, you can almost use anything here.
Use baby spinach.
Kale if you wanted to.
It's up to you.
It's a great way to kind of use up
whatever you have in the house.
There you go.
There's our wonderful seven-layer shawarma dip.
And that's it.
Delicious, easy, somewhat easy, seven-layer dip,
seven-layer shawarma dip.
Full of flavor, hummus, all the great, yogurt,
just all those great flavors.
Just need some pita chips and you're good to go.
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