A quick and easy DIY shawarma spice blend to add to all of your favorite chickpea dishes, scrambles, salads, vegetables, and more!
DIY Shawarma Spice Blend
An easy, reliable shawarma blend that's smoky, spicy, and big on flavor! Perfect for seasoning crispy chickpeas, falafel, curries, scrambles, vegetables and more!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings: 4 (1-Tbsp servings)
Category:
Spice Blend
Cuisine:
Gluten-Free, Mediterranean-Inspired, Vegan
Freezer Friendly
No
Does it keep?
Several months.
Ingredients
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cardamom (or cloves)
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 Tbsp ground cumin
- 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (or 1/2 tsp ground black pepper // amount as original recipe is written)
Instructions
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Add all spices to a small jar and shake or stir to combine. Will keep at room temperature for several months.
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This spice blend is ideal for seasoning things like chickpeas, roasted vegetables, tofu scrambles, curries, and more!
Notes
*Recipe makes ~1/4 cup shawarma spice blend.
Nutrition Per Serving (1 of 4)
- Calories: 22
- Fat: 1g
- Sodium: 6mg
- Potassium: 112mg
- Carbohydrates: 3g
- Fiber: 1g
- Vitamin A: 555IU
- Vitamin C: 0.7mg
- Calcium: 40mg
- Iron: 2.8mg
Do you prefer using cardamom or cloves? I hav ed both spices. Use dried ground ginger or fresh? Your fresh ginger in the photo threw me off.
Hi there, we used dried ginger. Cardamom would be the preferred of the two.
Would the spice blend be totally off, or not worth making, if I were to omit the cardamom/cloves? It’s the only ingredient in the recipe that I don’t have, and since it is one that I don’t typically cook with, I don’t want to buy it just to make this spice blend. Your thoughts?
It would probably still be great! Let us know if you give it a try! Another idea- you could purchase cardamom or cloves from the bulk spice section to get just the amount you need.
I made this tonight and really enjoyed it, I had homemade coleslaw so had this with the steak, It’s a recipe that you could probably play around with to suit your taste, very nice with the syrup. I have tried to make this before but this was the better recipe. I’m not a Veggie but I do like to have veggie meals 4 to 5 nights per week. I’ve downloaded the recipe book and look forward to trying more recipes from Dana @ Minimalist Baker.
I made this last night and everyone loved it. It was delicious I would definitely make this again. Thanks for sharing.
Yay! We’re glad to hear that, Leah!
Cannot wait to make this! I’ll use it on everything! thank you so much!!
Hope you love it, Donna!
Where did you get this wooden spoon and jar?!
I believe World market a long time ago!
Hobby Lobby
I’d like to add some ground sumac to this blend. How much would you suggest and would you substitute for one or more of the other spices?
Hmm I’m not sure, but if you give it a try, report back!
Hey, Just wondering if im doing the perfectly roasted chickpeas, how many table spoons of this spice mix should i use? The spice mix is vapidly becoming a firm favourite.
2 tsp?
Perfect blend!
I actually use it for almost everything I cook :)
It’s just perfect ….