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Business Opportunities How to make Shawarma
What is Shawarma?
Shawarma is thinly sliced cuts of meat, like chicken, beef, goat, lamb, and sometimes turkey, rolled into a large piece of flatbread or pita that has been steamed or heated. Inside the pita, foods like hummus, tahini, pickles, vegetables, and even french fries are added. Think of shawarma as a taco or burrito Middle Eastern style.
How is Shawarma Made?
Raw meat is placed on large, rotating cones. As it rotates, the meat is cooked by a heat source that is located behind the actual cone. The meat slowly falls off or is thinly sliced by a chef with a large knife. It can take several hours to fully cook.
What is Served with Shawarma
It usually serve with fries, salads like tabouleh, falafel, and just by itself for a quick bite on the go. In some places it is served alone, without the pita or flatbread.
Do I Need a Cone Tower to Make Shawarma at Home?
It’s really hard to duplicate the taste without a tower. You can come very close, but there is still that “something” that is missing!
Shawarma Recipe
Ingredients:
2 lbs beef or chickens or lamb, sliced very thin
1 cup plain yogurt
2 teaspoons lemon juice
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon onions, finely minced
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground mace
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup tahini
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons chopped parsley
1/2 cup water
8 slices pita bread
sliced tomatoes
sliced onions
mixed sprouts
lettuce, sliced thin
Tzatziki Sauce
Ingredients:
2 (8 ounce) containers plain yogurt
2 cucumbers - peeled, seeded and diced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 lemon, juiced
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
3 cloves garlic, peeled
In a food processor or blender, combine yogurt, cucumber, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, dill and garlic. Process until well-combined. Transfer to a separate dish, cover and refrigerate for at least one hour for best flavor.
Directions:
Combine yogurt, lemon juice, garlic, pepper sauce, vinegar, onion, black and cayenne pepper, mace, and salt.
Add meat and marinate overnight.
(at least 12 hours-stir a few times) Grill the meat until done or broil in oven.
Combine the tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and parsley.
Whisk well.
Add water if needed.
To make the sandwich slice open a pita, spread some tahini sauce on the bread and add some lettuce and sprouts, tomato, onion and meat.
Pour on a little tzatziki and chow down.
Prepare the Pita
Place enough chicken on pita that cover 1/4 of the loaf. Add veggies and pour sauce. Roll like a soft taco or burrito and you have shawarma! You can also stuff the pocket of the pita if you like. I prefer to roll large pitas (this is where making your own pita comes in handy).
Serving Shawarma
You can serve shawarma with fries, falafel, hummus, or with a salad like tabouleh.
source: mideastfood.about.com, recipezaar.com, allrecipes.com, photo from nationless.blogspot.com
Business Opportunities Learn About Working From Home and the
Two Best Industries
The first people to really utilize the marketing power of the internet were the big name companies. By developing a web presence they became able to sell their products to any corner of the globe and have even developed branches in these other countries.
Everyone decided to launch websites when the dot com boom came. From small business owners, to anyone who wanted to be known, everyone started developing a web presence. Amongst all of this, companies saw the opportunity to reach a global market in another, not just through the internet but with word of mouth advertising.
Of course companies like Amway were functioning before developing a web presence, but now with the internet, their members had a much wider customer base to market to, the possibilities seemed endless.
Unfortunately with opportunity comes scams, and some companies were pyramid schemes where people lost a lot of money. Companies that just deal with money, without a real product are known as pyramid schemes.
Still, years after the first ones arose, con artists are still at it promoting lies and hype. Nowadays when you are searching for a home business, you have to look carefully and be wary. With html and javascript users everywhere, it takes one line of code to turn $1 a day in AdSense to a $1000 a day AdSense empire. There are many so called "gurus" who will gladly show you the secret to there success for no more than $47 and maybe your soul.
Anti-scam websites have been created to protect future generations from falling victim to scam artists. Ripoffreport allows people to report anyone who has scammed them with bad products or false promises. Read more
The only true opportunities are the ones based on products you can see feel or use. Those nutrition companies always advertise their "wonder vitamin that cures cancer or something else crazy. Of course they can't legally say things like that if not reviewed by the FDA but most distributors at least stretch the truth a little. Health and wellness can seem over saturated, just during this year there was over 4 different company launches. Many of these opportunities have a high rate of attrition since the average distributor only enrolls 2 people. Companies have seen the attrition and responded by creating more marketer friendly payplans.
Travel based companies on the other hand are few in number with a larger market. More and more people travel each year, and the industry is at $7.1 trillion a year, and growing despite the gas crisis. Anyone who travels would also like to make money doing it. This little fast of human psychology has fueled many travel companies to over 150,000 distributors, or what most call RTA's (referring travel agents).
Both travel and the health and wellness industry are profitable and still growing, but the main factor is you. Most people quit too early to see success. Sometimes they blame the company or comp plan just because they couldn't call their own leads. People need to take their ego and emotions out of the equation and handle a home business as a real business. After people realize this they can truly succeed in a home business.
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Livelihood Development Program for OFWs (OWWA-NLSF-LDPO)
The OWWA-NLSF LDPO is a joint undertaking of OWWA and National Livelihood Support Fund (NLSF) which delivers the economic component of the Comprehensive OFW Reintegration Program. It provides entrepreneurial development services and credit facilities to OFWs, their families and organizations.
Who may apply
Applicants who are under any of the following categories:
1. Member-OFWs, former member-OFWs or immediate family member
2. Immediate family member may be a spouse or a child who is at least 21 years old of a married OFW; or parents or brother/ sister who is at least 21 years old of a single OFW.
Possible Enterprises under the OWWA-NLSF LDPO
1. Trading (e.g. general merchandise, buy and sell, etc.)
2. Services (e.g. repair shops, restaurants, etc.)
3/ Manufacturing (e.g. meat,/ fruit processing)
4. Agri-business (e.g. tilapia culture, piggery/ poultry etc.)
Loan Package
1. Loan ceiling: P200,000 per individual borrower
P 1,000,000 per group per borower (for legally organized group of at least 5 members)2. Interst rate: 9% per annum
3. Debt Equity ratio: 85:15
4. Collateral requirement: 100% of loan amount
5. Loan usage: working capital, building construction/ improvement and acquisition of assets (except land)
For more information, visit the nearest OWWA regional office or contact:
Livelihood Operations Division
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-NCR
Rm. 202, OWWA Center, F.B. Harrison St.,
Cor. 7th St., Pasay City
Tel Nos. (632) 834-0719/ 551-6650/ 891-7601 local 5204
Fax No. (632) 833-0187
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